Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- bawdy
- rowdy
- rough
- classic western night
- frontier adventure marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the western crude, violent, vulgar, racially offensive, and sluggish, though some enjoyed its yarn-like adventure and praised the Wyoming scenery.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The mountain men drink heavily, bicker, steal Running Moon, and move through violent rendezvous scenes with comic-book exuberance.
Bill Tyler is disheartened that the market for beaver pelts has soured, while the pair pursue a legendary beaver-rich valley.
The rumored valley, supposedly overflowing with beaver, drives the trappers’ search and adventure.
Critics specifically praised the Wyoming scenery, and the frontier plot unfolds across rugged mountain and wilderness settings.
Films like The Mountain Men, and why
Jeremiah Johnson
shared 19th-century frontier setting, grizzled mountain men, comic adventure, and rough western violence
The Last Outlaw
shared revisionist western atmosphere, rugged wilderness survival, frontier lawlessness, and morally abrasive protagonists
The Scalphunters
shared bawdy frontier humor, fur-trapping adventure, Native American conflict, and old-fashioned western spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Richard Lang
- Release Date
- 1980-06-01
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (66)
Cast
- Charlton Heston
- Brian Keith
- Victoria Racimo
- Stephen Macht
- Seymour Cassel
- David Ackroyd
- Cal Bellini
- John Glover
- William Lucking
- Ken Ruta
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Mountain Men about?
- Two hard-drinking trappers chase a mythical beaver valley while friendship, desire, and frontier violence complicate their rough-hewn adventure.
- What is The Mountain Men like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Mountain Men as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Mountain Men violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Mountain Men as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Mountain Men?
- Critics broadly found the western crude, violent, vulgar, racially offensive, and sluggish, though some enjoyed its yarn-like adventure and praised the Wyoming scenery.
- Which films are like The Mountain Men?
- Films with a similar feel include Jeremiah Johnson, The Last Outlaw, and The Scalphunters.
- How long is The Mountain Men?
- The Mountain Men runs 102 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Mountain Men?
- In United States, The Mountain Men streams on Howdy Amazon Channel.
