Man in the Wilderness (1971)

6.2/10 104 min Western Adventure Drama

Overview

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.

Cast

Richard Harris

Zachary Bass

John Huston

Captain Filmore Henry

Henry Wilcoxon

Indian Chief

Percy Herbert

Fogarty

Prunella Ransome

Grace

Dennis Waterman

Lowrie

Sheila Raynor

Grace's Mother

Norman Rossington

Ferris

James Doohan

Benoit

John Bindon

Coulter

Bryan Marshall

Potts

Bruce M. Fischer

Wiser

Robert Russell

Smith

Dean Selmier

Russell

William Layton

Schoolmaster

Judith Furse

Nurse

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