Jeremiah Johnson
Some say he's dead...some say he never will be.
1972 | 108m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Sydney Pollack |
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| Writer: | Vardis Fisher, John Milius, Edward Anhalt |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 10, 1972 |
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| Director: | Sydney Pollack |
| Writer: | Vardis Fisher, John Milius, Edward Anhalt |
| Genres: | Adventure, Western |
| Keywords | loss of loved one, based on novel or book, rocky mountains, cabin, survival, snow, 19th century, mountain man, fur trapper, blackfoot |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, Sanford Productions (III) |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $44,700,000
Budget: $3,100,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Sep 16, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Robert Redford | Jeremiah Johnson |
| Will Geer | Bear Claw |
| Delle Bolton | Swan |
| Josh Albee | Caleb |
| Joaquín Martínez | Paints His Shirt Red |
| Allyn Ann McLerie | Crazy Woman |
| Stefan Gierasch | Del Gue |
| Richard Angarola | Chief Two-Tongues Lebeaux |
| Paul Benedict | Reverend Lindquist |
| Charles Tyner | Robidoux |
| Jack Colvin | Lieutenant Mulvey |
| Matt Clark | Qualen |
| Tanya Tucker | Qualen's daughter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Vardis Fisher | Novel |
| Duke Callaghan | Director of Photography |
| Wesley Jeffries | Costume Designer, Costume Design |
| Ray Molyneaux | Set Decoration |
| Gary Liddiard | Makeup Artist |
| Thomas Stanford | Editor |
| Ted Haworth | Art Direction |
| Ken Chase | Makeup Artist |
| Michael Colgan | Sound Effects |
| Josef von Stroheim | Sound Effects |
| Charles M. Wilborn | Sound Effects |
| John Milius | Screenplay |
| Edward Anhalt | Screenplay |
| Tim McIntire | Original Music Composer |
| John Rubinstein | Original Music Composer |
| Sydney Pollack | Director |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Phill Norman | Title Designer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joe Wizan | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 26 | 37 | 19 |
| 2024 | 5 | 28 | 47 | 18 |
| 2024 | 6 | 26 | 40 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 27 | 51 | 18 |
| 2024 | 8 | 33 | 63 | 23 |
| 2024 | 9 | 24 | 32 | 18 |
| 2024 | 10 | 25 | 44 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 25 | 54 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 23 | 31 | 13 |
| 2025 | 1 | 27 | 41 | 17 |
| 2025 | 2 | 17 | 27 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 9 | 31 | 391 |
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 8 | 870 | 870 |
The Rocky Mountains are the marrow of the World. Jeremiah Johnson is directed by Sydney Pollack and is inspired by two books, Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher's Mountain Man. Script was written by John Millius and Edward Anhalt and ... cinematography is by Duke Callaghan. It stars Robert Redford, Will Geer, Stefan Gierasch, Delle Bolton and Josh Albee. Hardened after the war with Mexico, and fed up with everyday life, American Jeremiah Johnson (Redford) leaves civilisation behind to live life as a mountain man. He intends to be self-sufficient as a trapper, but he finds that mother nature can be tough, and out here in the mountain wilderness he is not alone. There are others here, and Jeremiah must face many challenges if he is to truly survive. Filmed entirely on location in the vast wilderness beauty of Utah, Jeremiah Johnson is light on plot but all the better for it. Film basically constitutes Redford's mountain man learning to survive up in them thar mountains, and, earning the right to do so. A number of issues will arise to test his metal, giving him a number of hardships and adventures to define his transformation from average Joe to a fully fledged mythical man of the Earth. Redford is wonderfully at ease in the title role, and very quickly he gets the audience on side to share in his journey. But ultimately it's the landscapes that you take away from this movie. Not only gorgeous, but also the critical character that frames Johnson during his isolation and battle for survival. 8/10
I watched it in September 2019, and found it absolutely amazing. The beauty of the landscapes are astonishing. If you like adventure movies, then this film "Jeremiah Johnson" is for you, do not hesitate a second. Sydney Pollack shows here how a great director he is. You will see how hard the ... life in mountains is, especially in winter, and especially in the 18th and 19th century. Robert Redford plays greatly and this movie is really worth being seen. I rate it very highly.