- Breakheart Pass (1975 film)
Infobox_film
name = Breakheart Pass
caption = "Breakheart Pass" theatrical poster.Artwork byMort Künstler
director =Tom Gries
producer = Jerry GershwinElliott Kastner
writer =Alistair MacLean
starring =Charles Bronson
Ben JohnsonRichard 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 starsCharles Bronson , Ben Johnson,Richard Crenna andJill Ireland . The film is based on the novel byAlistair 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 inLewiston, Idaho ), using Great Western Railwaysteam locomotive #75. [ [http://www.railserve.com/trainmovies/ Railroad Movies on DVD (RailServe.com)] ]Main cast
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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-MarieDVD 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 minutesoundtrack
A limited edition (3,000 run) CD soundtrack of "Breakheart Pass", highlighting the original music of
Jerry Goldsmith , was released byLa-La Land Records . It is out of print. [ [http://www.lalalandrecords.com/BreakheartPass.html "Breakheart Pass" soundtrack] ]ee also
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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
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