Jeremiah Johnson

Based On the book by Vardis Fisher

Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. It is based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man John Jeremiah Johnson, recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's book Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher's 1965 novel Mountain Man. The script was written by John Milius and Edward Anhalt; the film was shot at various locations in Redford's adopted home state of Utah. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival on May 7, 1972 and was later released on December 21, 1972, by Warner Bros.

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Release date:

May 7, 1972

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Cast:

Robert Redford, Will Geer, Paul Benedict, Stefan Gierasch, Matt Clark

Genre:

Western, Drama

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1972 in adaptations