
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes across the two seedy fur trappers. The mountain men take her in, unaware that Heavy Eagle has dispatched an army of Indian braves to reclaim her.
Cast

Charlton Heston
Bill Tyler

Brian Keith
Henry Frapp

Victoria Racimo
Running Moon

Stephen Macht
Heavy Eagle

Seymour Cassel
La Bont

David Ackroyd
Medicine Wolf

Cal Bellini
Cross Otter

John Glover
Nathan Wyeth

William Lucking
Jim Walter
Ken Ruta
Fontenelle

Victor Jory
Iron Belly
Danny Zapien
Blackfoot Chief

Tim Haldeman
Whiskey Clerk

Buckley Norris
Trapper
Daniel Knapp
Trapper

Michael Greene
Trapper
Stewart East
Trapper
Terry Leonard
Crow Brave
Steve Chambers
Blackfoot Brave
Bennie E. Dobbins
Blackfoot Brave
Suzanna Trujillo
Iron Belly's Squaw
Melissa Sylvia
Frapp's Squaw
James Ecoffey
Dog of the Sun
Roy Lewis Garton
Indian at Camp (uncredited)

Inga Swenson
White Singer at the Mountain Men Gathering. (uncredited)
Crew
Richard Lang
Director

Fraser Clarke Heston
Writer
Eva Ruggiero
Editor
Peter Ransohoff
Assistant Editor
Nancy Weizer
Assistant Editor
Michel Hugo
Director of Photography
Steve Perry
First Assistant Director
Paul Moen
Second Assistant Director
Jim Weatherill
Assistant Director
Richard R. St. Johns
Executive Producer
Andrew Scheinman
Producer

Martin Shafer
Producer
Cathleen Summers
Producer, Associate Producer
Bill Kenney
Production Design
Mike Ferra
Camera Operator

Thomas Laughridge
Camera Operator
Ronald Vidor
Camera Operator
William L. Asman
Camera Operator
Kenneth Zunder
Assistant Camera
Jeff Gershman
Assistant Camera

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Thomas S. Dawson
Costume Design
Lynn Del Kail
Hairstylist
Lon Bentley
Makeup Artist
Del Armstrong
Makeup Artist
Joe Canutt
Second Unit Director
Herb Pearl
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert G. Henderson
Supervising Sound Editor
Glenn E. Anderson
Production Sound Mixer
Michael Minkler
Sound Effects
Stewart Bradley
Special Effects Coordinator
Gene Grigg
Special Effects

Michel Legrand
Original Music Composer
John C. Hammell
Music Editor
Les Fresholtz
Dialogue Editor
Rick Gentz
Set Decoration
Ralph Nelson Jr.
Still Photographer
June Samson
Script Supervisor

John C. Meier
Stunts
Clay Boss
Stunts

George P. Wilbur
Stunts
Jim Burk
Stunts
Jack Lilley
Stunts

Steve Boyum
Stunts
Jerry Gatlin
Stunts
Larry Randles
Stunts
May Boss
Stunts

Roy Jenson
Stunts
Jim Ferro
Stunts
Lee Hershkowitz
Stunts
Walter Scott
Stunts
Bob Terhune
Stunts

Jerry Wills
Stunts
Jimmy Medearis
Stunts
Dick Hudkins
Stunts

Henry Wills
Stunts
Joe Finnegan
Stunts
Mike H. McGaughy
Stunts
Jack Williams
Stunts
Tap Canutt
Stunts

Terry Leonard
Stunt Coordinator
V.R. Bud Shelton
Property Master
Bill Beam
Key Grip
Bobby Burton
Gaffer
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
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