Breakheart Pass (1975 film)

Infobox_film
name = Breakheart Pass


caption = "Breakheart Pass" theatrical poster. Artwork by Mort Künstler
director = Tom Gries
producer = Jerry Gershwin
Elliott Kastner
writer = Alistair MacLean
starring = Charles Bronson
Ben Johnson
Richard Crenna
Jill Ireland
cinematography = Lucien Ballard
editing = Byron Brandt
music = Jerry Goldsmith
distributor = United Artists
budget =
released = December 25 1975 (premiere in Finland) [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072735/releaseinfo "Breakheart Pass" premieres] ]
runtime = 95 min.
language = English
country = USA
awards =
amg_id = 1:7001
imdb_id = 0072735

"Breakheart Pass" is an American 1975 western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna and Jill Ireland. The film is based on the novel by Alistair MacLean of the same title.

Plot

In the 1870s, the garrison at the Fort Humboldt Army outpost are supposedly suffering from a cholera epidemic. A train is heading towards the fort filled with reinforcements and medical supplies. The train stops briefly in a town, where it takes onboard a local lawman and his prisoner John Deakin (Charles Bronson), a notorious outlaw who was identified via a picture in a newspaper article.

Besides the soldiers abroad the train, the passengers include Nevada governor Fairchild and his mistress Marica (Jill Ireland) among others. Also on the train is John Deakin, an undercover agent posing as an arrested criminal. Deakin soon discovers en route that there is no epidemic at the outpost, but a conspiracy between a group of killers and a tribe of Indians.

Production

Portions of the movie were filmed in Pierce and Reubens, Idaho. [ [http://www.boisestate.edu/hemingway/ifc/filmcat.html Idaho film archive] ] Railroad scenes were filmed on the Camas Prairie Railroad (based in Lewiston, Idaho), using Great Western Railway steam locomotive #75. [ [http://www.railserve.com/trainmovies/ Railroad Movies on DVD (RailServe.com)] ]

Main cast

*Charles Bronson ... Deakin
*Ben Johnson ... Pearce
*Jill Ireland ... Marica
*Richard Crenna ... Governor Fairchild
*Charles Durning ... O'Brien
*David Huddleston ... Dr. Molyneux
*Ed Lauter ... Major Claremont
*Bill McKinney ... Reverend Peabody
*Joe Kapp ... Henry
*Archie Moore ... Carlos
*Sally Kirkland ... Jane-Marie

DVD details

*Release date: December 19, 2000
*Full Screen
*Region: 1
*Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
*Audio tracks: English, French
*Subtitles: English, Spanish
*Running time: 95 minutes

oundtrack

A limited edition (3,000 run) CD soundtrack of "Breakheart Pass", highlighting the original music of Jerry Goldsmith, was released by La-La Land Records. It is out of print. [ [http://www.lalalandrecords.com/BreakheartPass.html "Breakheart Pass" soundtrack] ]

ee also

*Alistair MacLean
*Jerry Goldsmith
*Breakheart Pass (novel)

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0072735|title=Breakheart Pass
*amg title|id=1:7001|title=Breakheart Pass
*tcmdb title|id=25218|title=Breakheart Pass