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The Mountain Men

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Two old-time Wyoming fur trappers (Charlton Heston, Brian Keith) try to protect a runaway Indian (Victoria Racimo) from her angry ex-mate.
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Michael Blowen Boston Globe 04/28/2018
The Mountain Men is, quite simply, the worst film of the year. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/14/2005
3/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/11/2005
C-
Doesn't even cut it as a made-for-television movie. Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) 11/26/2003
3/5
The rubber Seymour Cassell head makes it almost worthwhile. Go to Full Review
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 07/30/2002
2/5
David Poland Hot Button (Substack) 07/26/2002
2/5
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Junior S. @RT39899143 9h Badly made western oddly combines old timey sentiments, for example drunken Indians in red face, with modern crudeness and even debauchery, for example both Heaton and Keith are foul mouthed and utterly profane, both appear naked multiple times, as do random women. The violence is glorified and the movie frequently features praise of drunkenness and wonton behavior. It even features an Indian rape scene. But the movie fails to establish a convincing villain, and gives him the most shallow of motives and refuses to explore it. The way in which the Indian villain is defeated is an old western movie cliche we’ve seen a thousand times before, even James Bond ripped it off in Thunderball. In short, this is a 1950s pre-Eastwood western in its orientation, but thoroughly R rated in its presentation. For that, it’s an odd and interesting, but badly made movie experience. See more Steve D @RT35616104 03/13/2023 It puts me to sleep. See more 04/13/2022 The funniest Charlton Heston movie, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 02/16/2019 One of my very favorites. Heston and Keith are both excellent. Great gruff, tough-man dialogue and action. These professional reviewers hate it. That alone should tell you it's a great movie. See more 06/25/2017 Absolutely the worst movie ever made. See more 05/10/2016 so so 'jeremiah johnson' knock-off See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two old-time Wyoming fur trappers (Charlton Heston, Brian Keith) try to protect a runaway Indian (Victoria Racimo) from her angry ex-mate.
Director
Richard Lang
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia
Rating
R
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 1, 1980, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 2, 2010
Runtime
1h 42m