Fire on the Mountain (1981 film)

Fire on the Mountain
Genre	Drama
Written by	Edward Abbey (book) John Sacret Young
Directed by	Donald Wrye
Starring	Ron Howard Buddy Ebsen Julie Carmen Ross Harris
Theme music composer	Basil Poledouris
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	John J. McMahon
Producers	Robert Lovenheim (producer) Don Miller (associate producer) Rick Rosenthal (producer) John Sacret Young (producer) John Sacret Young (supervising producer)
Cinematography	Woody Omens
Editor	Ronald J. Fagan
Running time	120 min.
Production companies	Carson Productions River City Productions Inc.
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 23, 1981

Fire on the Mountain is a 1981 American made-for-television film adaptation of the Edward Abbey novel, Fire on the Mountain, directed by Donald Wrye and starring Buddy Ebsen as John Vogelin, Ron Howard as Lee Mackie and Michael Conrad as Col. Desalius.

The hero of the movie is Vogelin, a New Mexico rancher whose land adjoins the White Sands Missile Range and is about to be condemned by the United States Air Force to use his land to expand a bombing range. He is the last holdout among the several people whose land the Air Force wants, and he refuses to move. A young land developer, Mackie, is sent to vacate the rancher, but soon he joins in defying the military. Soon it boils down to a battle of wills between Vogelin and the equally bullheaded army officer Colonel Desalius.

Cast

• Buddy Ebsen as John Vogelin
• Ron Howard as Lee Mackie
• Julie Carmen as Cruza Peralta
• Ross Harris as Billy Starr
• Ed Brodow as Maj. Parrell
• Michael Conrad as Col. Desalius
• Gary Graham as Marshal Burr
• Derrel Maury
• Xander Berkeley
• Richard Chaves as Army lieutenant
• Harvey Vernon as Bartender
• Will Hare as Hayduke

External links

• Fire on the Mountain at IMDb