The Mountain Men (1980) / Z-View
The Mountain Men (1980)
Director: Richard Lang
Screenplay: Fraser Clarke Heston
Stars: Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo and John Glover.
The Pitch: “Charlton Heston’s son wrote a movie and Heston is willing to star in it.”
Tagline: “Alone… each is a bombshell. Together… they’re dynamite.”
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
Two aging mountain men [Heston and Keith] survive in a world that is changing and will soon leave them behind.
I remember seeing this movie back in the early 80’s on HBO and loving it. I recently revisited it and while I still enjoyed it, The Mountain Men wasn’t the movie I remember loving so much.
The interplay between Heston and Keith [who steals every scene is in] is worth the price of admission. It’s fun seeing a young John Glover in his first screen appearance. The Indians are too Hollywood looking now and some of the scenes don’t hold up as well. Still I liked it a lot, just not as much as I remembered loving it.
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