screenshots / The Mountain Men / 1980 Columbia Pictures

Western adventure starring Charlton Heston (The Planet of the Apes) and Brian Keith (The Deadly Companions).

Previous roles for actor Cal Bellini (cast here as Cross Otter) include that of Younger Bear in Little Big Man (1970) and as Red Eagle in the S1.E3 episode (The Salt Licks) of the Young Dan'l Boone television series in 1977.

Appearing as a Crow Brave is stuntman Terry Leonard whose other film credits include The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976), The Norseman (1978), Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Farewell to the King (1989).

The film also features stuntman Steve Chambers (as a Blackfoot Brave) who would later work on 1997's George of the Jungle.

Wyoming filming locations include the Bridger-Teton and Shoshone National Forests along with both the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks.

Cal Bellini passed in 2017 at the age of 81.