---
title: 'Jeremiah Johnson (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sydney Pollack'
released: '1972-05-07'
runtime_minutes: 108
certification: 'GP'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jeremiah-johnson-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068762/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jeremiah Johnson (1972)

1972 · GP · 108 min · Drama, Western · United States


## Synopsis

Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American Western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. It is based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man John Jeremiah Johnson, recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker's book Crow Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher's 1965 novel Mountain Man.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Tim McIntire](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-mcintire)
- **Director:** [Sydney Pollack](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-pollack)
- **Screenplay:** [John Milius](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-milius), [David Rayfiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rayfiel), [Edward Anhalt](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-anhalt)
- **Producer:** [Joe Wizan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-wizan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Duke Callaghan](https://cinepixo.com/people/duke-callaghan)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Stanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-stanford)

## Cast

- [Robert Redford](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-redford)
- [Stefan Gierasch](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-gierasch)
- [Matt Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-clark)
- [Will Geer](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-geer)
- [Paul Benedict](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-benedict)
- [Charles Tyner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-tyner)
- [Tim McIntire](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-mcintire)
- [Jack Colvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-colvin)

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