The Adventures of Frontier Fremont

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont
Directed by	Richard Friedenberg
Written by	David O'Malley
Story by	Richard Friedenberg Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Produced by	David O'Malley Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Starring	Dan Haggerty Denver Pyle
Cinematography	George Stapleford
Edited by	Sharron Miller
Music by	Bob Summers
Production company	Sunn Classic Pictures
Distributed by	Sunn Classic Pictures
Release date	January 14, 1976 (1976-01-14)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$5.5 million[1]

The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, released in the UK as Spirit of the Wild, is a 1976 American Western adventure film directed by Richard Friedenberg, starring Dan Haggerty and Denver Pyle. The Adventures of Frontier Fremont, a family based movie, tells the story of Jacob "Frontier" Fremont. Fremont, originally from St. Louis, gives up his job as a tinsmith in favor of a life as a mountain man. In the mountains he befriends and protects many local animals. Denver Pyle co-stars as "the old mountaineer". Three of the stars, Dan Haggerty, Denver Pyle and Don Shanks, also appeared together in the TV series The Life And Times Of Grizzly Adams.

Cast

• Dan Haggerty as Jacob "Frontier" Fremont
• Denver Pyle as Old mountain man
• Tony Mirrati as Kemp
• Norman Goodman as Williams
• Teri Hernandez as Shining Water
• Don Shanks as Indian
• Lee Sollenberger as Man at fort

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Park City, Kamas and Uinta National Forest in Utah.[2]

References

1. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
2. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of movie making in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 978-14-23605-87-4.

External links

• The Adventures of Frontier Fremont at IMDb