Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. It was based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Alistair MacLean.
Plot[]
When diphtheria breaks out at Fort Humboldt, a train is dispatched with medical supplies and relief troops. Also on board are Utah's governor (Richard Crenna), his mistress (Jill Ireland), a marshal (Ben Johnson) and his prisoner, outlaw John Deakin (Charles Bronson). As the train passes through the mountains, soldiers go missing, telegraph lines are cut and it's discovered that there is no epidemic. There's a conspiracy afoot, and it's up to Deakin, actually a federal agent, to expose it.
Cast[]
- Charles Bronson as John Deakin
- Ben Johnson as U.S. Marshal Pearce
- Jill Ireland as Marica
- Richard Crenna as Governor Fairchild
- Charles Durning as O'Brien
- David Huddleston as Dr. Molyneux
- Ed Lauter as Major Claremont
- Bill McKinney as Reverend Peabody
- Robert Tessier as Levi Calhoun
- Eddie Little Sky as Chief White Hand
- Joe Kapp as Henry
- Archie Moore as Carlos
- Scott Newman as Rafferty
- Sally Kirkland as Jane-Marie