| Breakheart Pass | |
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Breakheart Pass theatrical poster. Artwork by Mort Künstler |
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| Directed by | Tom Gries |
| Produced by | Jerry Gershwin Elliott Kastner |
| Written by | Alistair MacLean |
| Starring | Charles Bronson Ben Johnson Richard Crenna Jill Ireland |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Editing by | Byron Brandt |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | December 25, 1975 (premiere in Finland)[1] |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Breakheart Pass is an American 1975 western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. The movie was based on the novel by Alistair MacLean of the same title, and was filmed in north central Idaho.
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In the 1870s, residents of the garrison at the Fort Humboldt Army outpost are supposedly suffering from a diphtheria epidemic. A train is heading towards the fort filled with reinforcements and medical supplies. There are also civilian passengers on the train -- Nevada governor Fairchild and his mistress Marica (Jill Ireland), among others.
The train stops briefly in Myrtle, where it takes on board a local lawman and his prisoner, John Deakin (Charles Bronson), a notorious outlaw who was identified via a picture in a newspaper article. However, Deakin is actually an undercover federal agent along with his partner, the Reverend, and he discovers en route that there is no epidemic at the outpost and the "epidemic" is actually a conspiracy between a group of killers and a tribe of Indians.
Portions of the movie were filmed in Pierce and Reubens in northern Idaho.[2] Railroad scenes were filmed on the Camas Prairie Railroad (based in Lewiston), using Great Western Railway steam locomotive #75.[3]
Alternating shots of clear and overcast skies are present in the final climactic scenes.
A limited edition (3,000 run) CD soundtrack of Breakheart Pass, highlighting the original music of Jerry Goldsmith, was released by La-La Land Records. It is out of print.[4]
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