Railway steam locomotive #75) carriages and track cost $500,000 (approximately $ today). Opening scenes in the Myrtle settlement / "whistle stop" were shot at a specially built set (to look like an old abandoned Gold Rush town) just outside Arrow Junction about east of Lewiston. It was the final film role participation for longtime veteran stuntman Yakima Canutt, who was aged 79 at the time. He was in charge of the second unit direction; his son, Joe, was one of the stuntmen. Canutt oversaw the scene where the caboose and troop carriages crashed off the rail line into a ravine. Six cameras filmed the cars falling into the canyon, however, the dummies (representing the soldiers) failed to fall out during the crash. The crash was filmed at Halfmoon Trestle (), east of U.S. Route 95 in Lapwai Canyon. Alternating shots of clear and overcast skies are present in the final climactic scenes. Bronson later said that in the original story it was not revealed until the very end that his character was a detective. When he read an early script, the reveal was made much earlier. Bronson demanded it be changed to the way it was in the original story and this was done. During filming, Bronson discovered the script had been changed again to reveal his character was a detective early. Bronson was unhappy with this but went along with it as by then filming was underway and he felt he could not leave the production. Music 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. Release Home media DVD Release date: December 19, 2000 Full Screen & Widescreen Anamorphic Region: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 & 16:9 Audio tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish Running time: 95 minutes Kino Video released "Breakheart Pass" for the first time on Blu-ray on August 12, 2014. Reception Box office The film was a box office disappointment in the United States. Critical response The Los Angeles Times called it "a fun if familiar picture but is played so broadly on such an elementary level that it can hope to satisfy only the most undemanding of viewer." See also List of American films of 1975 References External links Movie review at AlistairMacLean.com 1975 Western (genre) films 1970s adventure drama films 1975 drama films 1975 films