The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, released in the UK as Spirit of the Wild, is a 1976 American Western adventure film directed by Richard Friedenberg, starring Dan Haggerty and Denver Pyle. The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, a family based movie, tells the story of Jacob "Frontier" Fremont. Fremont, originally from St. Louis, gives up his job as a tinsmith in favor of a life as a mountain man. In the mountains he befriends and protects many local animals. Denver Pyle co-stars as "the old mountaineer". Three of the stars, Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle and Don Shanks, also appeared together in the TV series "The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams".
| The Adventures of Frontier Fremont | |
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| Directed by | Richard Friedenberg |
| Written by | David O'Malley |
| Story by | Richard Friedenberg Charles E. Sellier Jr. |
| Produced by | David O'Malley Charles E. Sellier Jr. |
| Starring | Dan Haggerty Denver Pyle |
| Cinematography | George Stapleford |
| Edited by | Sharron Miller |
| Music by | Bob Summers |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sunn Classic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5.5 million[1] |
Cast
- Dan Haggerty as Jacob "Frontier" Fremont
- Denver Pyle as Old mountain man
- Tony Mirrati as Kemp
- Norman Goodman as Williams
- Teri Hernandez as Shining Water
- Don Shanks as Indian
- Lee Sollenberger as Man at fort
Production
Parts of the film were shot in Park City, Kamas and Uinta National Forest in Utah.[2]
References
- Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of movie making in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 978-14-23605-87-4.
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