Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

Director
Sydney Pollack

Main cast
Robert Redford; Will Geer; Delle Bolton; Josh Albee; Joaquin Martinez

Genres
Action, Drama, Western

Description
A mountain man who wishes to live the life of a hermit becomes the unwilling object of a long vendetta by Indians when he proves to be the match of their warriors in one-to-one combat on the early frontier.


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