Jeremiah Johnson
“Some say he's dead...some say he never will be.”
While slowly adapting to the grueling life of a mountain man in the Rocky Mountains, Jeremiah Johnson encounters the Crow and Flathead tribes as well as hunters, trappers and settlers, all of whom call these mountains home.
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Cast
13 people
Robert Redford
Jeremiah Johnson
Known for
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Spy Game
Will Geer
Bear Claw
Known for
The Waltons
Seconds
Delle Bolton
Swan
Also in
Monk
Josh Albee
Caleb
Known for
Lassie
Joaquín Martínez
Paints His Shirt Red
Known for
Revenge
The House of the Spirits
Allyn Ann McLerie
Crazy Woman
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Calamity Jane
Stefan Gierasch
Del Gue
Known for
Carrie
High Plains Drifter
Richard Angarola
Chief Two-Tongues Lebeaux
Known for
Gambit
Black Moon Rising
Paul Benedict
Reverend Lindquist
Known for
The Addams Family
The Jeffersons
Charles Tyner
Robidoux
Known for
Harold and Maude
Pete's Dragon
Jack Colvin
Lieutenant Mulvey
Known for
The Incredible Hulk
Child's Play
Matt Clark
Qualen
Known for
Back to the Future Part III
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Sydney Pollack Director · John Milius Screenplay Edward Anhalt Screenplay
Worldwide gross $45M · Budget $3.1M · United States release December 21, 1972
Box office
Budget
$3,100,000
Worldwide gross
$44,700,000
Gross vs. budget
14.4×
Production
Sanford Productions (III)
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 7, 1972
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · December 21, 1972
Theatrical
United States
December 2, 1972 · Premiere · Boise, Idaho
Argentina
December 22, 1972 · Theatrical
Australia
September 14, 1972 · Theatrical
Belgium
July 6, 1973 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1973 · Theatrical
Canada
December 1, 1972 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 26, 1972 · Theatrical
Finland
November 24, 1972 · Theatrical
France
September 15, 1972 · Theatrical
September 19, 2025 · TV · France•5 (hommage à Robert Redford : 18/08/1936 - 16/09/2025)
September 20, 2025 · Digital · France•tv (hommage à Robert Redford : 18/08/1936 - 16/09/2025)
Germany
November 16, 1972 · Theatrical · West Germany
Greece
May 16, 1973 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 27, 1973 · Theatrical
Italy
November 10, 1972 · Theatrical
Japan
November 3, 1972 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 28, 1972 · Theatrical
March 27, 2004 · TV · Veronica
Norway
January 18, 1973 · Theatrical
Poland
November 1, 1974 · Theatrical
Serbia
March 5, 2005 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
Spain
October 9, 1972 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 10, 1972 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 6, 1972 · Theatrical
Uruguay
January 29, 1973 · Theatrical
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