Man in the Wilderness (1971) Directed by Richard C. Sarafian
Adventure / Drama / Western
Film Synopsis
In the 19th century, Captain Henry is leading a convoy of fur traders across
the most barren of landscapes in North America, their destination: Missouri.
Zachary Bass, the only man to know the region well, is lending his services
as a guide. A hunting expedition results in Zachary being attacked
by a grizzly bear. Henry is unwilling to hold up the convoy, so he
orders two of his men to stay behind and attend to the injured Zachary.
Far from saving the wounded man, these two decide to abandon him, through
fear that they will be attacked by Indians at any moment. Miraculously,
Zachary survives his injuries, and once he has regained his strength, he
sets out to find the men who betrayed him and left him for dead...
Cast: Richard Harris (Zachary Bass),
John Huston (Captain Henry),
Henry Wilcoxon (Indian Chief),
Percy Herbert (Fogarty),
Dennis Waterman (Lowrie),
Prunella Ransome (Grace),
Sheila Raynor (Grace's Mother),
Norman Rossington (Ferris),
James Doohan (Benoit),
Bryan Marshall (Potts),
Ben Carruthers (Longbow),
Robert Russell (Smith),
John Bindon (Coulter),
Bruce M. Fischer (Wiser),
Dean Selmier (Russell),
Manolo Landau (Zachary, child),
William Layton (Schoolmaster)
Country: USA
Language: English
Support: Color (Technicolor)
Runtime: 104 min
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