<P> Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as `` Bear Claw '' Chris Lapp . It is said to have been based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man Liver - Eating Johnson , recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker 's book Crow Killer : The Saga of Liver - Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher 's Mountain Man . </P>
<P> Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American western film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as `` Bear Claw '' Chris Lapp . It is said to have been based partly on the life of the legendary mountain man Liver - Eating Johnson , recounted in Raymond Thorp and Robert Bunker 's book Crow Killer : The Saga of Liver - Eating Johnson and Vardis Fisher 's Mountain Man . </P>
who was the movie jeremiah johnson based on
who was the movie jeremiah johnson based on
the legendary mountain man Liver - Eating Johnson
the legendary mountain man Liver - Eating Johnson