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Man in the Wilderness (Original title)
Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 1971 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Richard C. Sarafian

Synopsis: Film portrayal of the American Indian and the first whites in the West, based on the "Arikara Incident" of 1823, in which a band of looters was slaughtered by the Arikara tribe, a fierce clan of the Mandan nation.

Genre:
Western
Credits (46)
©: Inc. Warner Bros, ©: Wilderness Film Productions, Production Company: Warner Bros., Production Company: Wilderness Film Productions, A Sanford Howard production: Sanford Howard, A Limbridge production: Limbridge, Produced by: Sanford Howard, Associate Producer: C.O. Erickson, Production Executive: John McMichael, Production Manager: Frank Molero, Administrator: Arthur Tarry, Unit Manager: Manuel Amigo, 1st Assistant Director: Juan Carlos Lopez Rodero, Continuity: Isabela Mulá, Casting: Robert Lennard, Casting: Marvin Paige, Casting: Shirley Woods, Written by: Jack De Witt, Director of Photography: Gerry Fisher, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: John Cabrera, Camera Operator: Bernie Ford, Special Effects: Richard M. Parker, Editor: Geoffrey Foot, Assistant Editor: Bryan Tilling, Production Designer: Dennis Lynton Clark, Art Director: Gumersindo Andrés, Set Decorator: Dennis Parrish, Property Master: Dennis Parrish, Costume Designer: Dennis Lynton Clark, Wardrobe Supervisor: Dolores Salvador, Make-up Supervisor: William Lodge, Make-up: Lisa Shields, Make-up: Manuel Martin, Hairdresser: Vicenta Palmero, Hairdresser: Don Blakeley-Cole, Music Composed by: Johnny Harris, Zach Bass Theme Written by: Johnny Harris, John Bromley, Sound Mixer: Jim Willis, Re-recorded at: De Lane Lea, [Effects Mixer]: David Maiden, Dubbing Mixer: Doug Turner, Dubbing Editor: Jim Shields, Warwick Dubbing Theatre, Stunt Supervisor: Gerry Crampton
Cast (26)
Richard Harris (Zachary Bass), John Huston (Captain Filmore Henry), Henry Wilcoxon (Indian chief), Percy Herbert (Fogarty), Dennis Waterman (Lowrie), Prunella Ransome (Grace Bass), Sheila Raynor (Grace's mother), Norman Rossington (Ferris, surgeon), James Doohan (Benoit), Bryan Marshall (Potts), Ben Carruthers (Longbow), Robert Russell (Smith), John Bindon (Coulter), Bruce M. Fischer (Wiser), Dean Selmier (Russell), Manolo Landau (Zachary as a child), William Layton (schoolmaster), Judith Furse (nurse), Rudy Althoff, Peggy the bear, Ines Acosta (pregnant indian), Raúl Castro, Tony Cyrus, Tamara Sie (indian), Joaquín Solis (ambushed trapper), Marta Tuck (woman with trapper)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (10)
In: Films and Filming v18 n7 April 1972  Pages: 51-52
Title: [Films and Filming - v18 n7 April 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v39 n458 March 1972  Pages: 54-55
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v39 n458 March 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Cinema TV Today n9968 19 Feb 1972  Page: 25
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n9968 19 Feb 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Photoplay v23 n1 January 1972  Pages: 22-23
Title: [Photoplay - v23 n1 January 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Positif n139 June 1972  Pages: 45-47
Title: [Positif - n139 June 1972: no known title]Language: French

In: Variety 24 Nov 1971  Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 24 Nov 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema n9877 2 Feb 1971  Page: 9
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9877 2 Feb 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In: The Hollywood Reporter v218 n46 24 Nov 1971  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v218 n46 24 Nov 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: Filmfacts v14 n23 1971  Pages: 643-646
Title: [Filmfacts - v14 n23 1971: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v215 n28 26 Mar 1971  Page: 12
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v215 n28 26 Mar 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(16)
Film materials(16)
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