Breakheart Pass (film)

Breakheart Pass
Theatrical release poster by Mort Künstler
Directed byTom Gries
Written byAlistair MacLean
Based onBreakheart Pass
by Alistair MacLean
Produced byJerry Gershwin
Elliott Kastner
StarringCharles Bronson
Ben Johnson
Richard Crenna
Jill Ireland
Charles Durning
Ed Lauter
David Huddleston
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byByron Brandt
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
company
Gershwin-Kastner Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • December 25, 1975 (1975-12-25) (Finland)[1]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[2]
Box office$2,130,000[3]

Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American Western film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. Based on the 1974 novel of the same title by Scottish author Alistair MacLean (1922–1987),[4] it was filmed in north-central Idaho.[5][6][7][8][9]

  1. ^ Breakheart Pass premieres
  2. ^ Champlin, Charles. (February 27, 1975). "CRITIC AT LARGE: The Scot's Got Lots of Plots". Los Angeles Times. p. f1.
  3. ^ SECOND ANNUAL GROSSES GLOSS Byron, Stuart. Film Comment; New York Vol. 13, Iss. 2, (Mar/Apr 1977): 35–37,64.
  4. ^ Vorpahl, Beverly (February 7, 1976). ""Who-Done-It" filmed in area". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 20.
  5. ^ Dullenty, Jim (April 1, 1975). "Interview roles reversed". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 1.
  6. ^ "'Breakheart Pass' ready for all the world to see". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. photos. February 7, 1976. p. 3.
  7. ^ Campbell, Thomas W. (February 13, 1976). "'Breakheart' – bullets fly, men die". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 14A.
  8. ^ Bunning, Paul (February 16, 1976). "Idaho scenery steals show". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. p. 5.
  9. ^ Blumenthal (July 10, 1975). "Motion picture production creates an anti-recession boom for Idaho city". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. (New York Times). p. 4C.