Jeremiah Johnson
1972 · Movie · PG · 108 min · ★ 7.3 · 83% critics
A mountain man seeking solitude as a hermit becomes trapped in a long vendetta on the early frontier after going toe-to-toe with skilled opponents. What begins as self-sufficient survival quickly turns into hard choices and escalating danger as he navigates the wilderness.
Based on Mountain Man
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Details
- Years
- 1972
- Release date
- 1972-09-10
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (692 votes)
- Box office
- $44,693,786
- Budget
- $3,100,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like rugged westerns and slow-burn self-reliance in harsh wilderness like The Shootist or 3:10 to Yuma; Not for you if you want a fast, tightly plotted story with lots of dialogue.
Pros: breathtaking wilderness beauty; quiet, measured storytelling; memorable survival tension | Cons: slow, plot-light stretches; uneven pacing; harsh themes may not fit all
Themes
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- rocky mountains
- survival
- snow
- cabin
- 19th century
- mountain man
- fur trapper
- blackfoot
Cast & crew
Robert Redford
as Jeremiah Johnson
Will Geer
as Bear Claw
Delle Bolton
as Swan
Josh Albee
as Caleb
Joaquín Martínez
as Paints His Shirt Red
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Crazy Woman
Stefan Gierasch
as Del Gue
Richard Angarola
as Chief Two-Tongues Lebeaux
Paul Benedict
as Reverend Lindquist
Charles Tyner
as Robidoux
Directed by Sydney Pollack