# The Mountain Men (1980)

> Two hard-drinking trappers chase a mythical beaver valley while friendship, desire, and frontier violence complicate their rough-hewn adventure.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/52992

## Facts

- Runtime: 102 min
- Genres: Adventure, Western, Drama
- Director: Richard Lang
- Cast: Charlton Heston, Brian Keith, Victoria Racimo, Stephen Macht, Seymour Cassel, David Ackroyd, Cal Bellini, John Glover
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081187/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bawdy, rowdy, rough, classic western night, frontier adventure marathon

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- [The White Buffalo (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/32050)
- [Hundreds of Beavers (2024)](https://ember.film/movie/960438)
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- [A Man Called Horse (1970)](https://ember.film/movie/8716)
- [Billy Two Hats (1974)](https://ember.film/movie/20185)
- [The Big Sky (1952)](https://ember.film/movie/28222)

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