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BEAU'S
NOTES: Louis L'Amour considered this the finest western ever made.
An American soldier (Redford) goes west to escape the Mexican
War and becomes a mountain man. He is taken in by an old trapper
(Greer) who teaches him how to survive. After unavoidably violating
an Indian burial ground, he loses his new Indian wife and their
adopted child to vengeance, and a vendetta between him and the
Crows ruins his idyllic life as a fur trapper. Gorgeous scenery
and a great role for Will Geer in a thoughtful meditation on the
American West.
Based upon a real-life trapper named John Johnston, nicknamed
"Crow Killer" and "Liver Eater Johnston" for his penchant for
cutting out and eating the livers of Crow Indians he had killed
(several Crows had murdered his wife and he swore vengeance against
the entire tribe).
STARRING: Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch,
Allyn Ann McLerie, Charles Tyner, Josh Albee
DIRECTED BY: Sydney Pollack
Approxomate Running Time: 111 Minutes
Color 1972
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Jeremiah
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