Climb An Angry Mountain (1972)

A New York City detective (Barry Nelson) travels to a rural California town in Northern California to track down an escaped Native American prisoner (Joe Kapp). He immediately locks horns with the local sheriff (Fess Parker) whose ways clash with the city detective. Directed by Leonard Horn (MAGIC GARDEN OF STANLEY SWEETHEART). A cliched telefilm that is partially buoyed by its location (California's Mt. Shasta) and a very good underscore by George Duning (PICNIC). But that only serves to show how ratty the rest of the movie is. Kapp (a football player turned "actor") comes across as mentally challenged. Whether it's the actor's inability or the script's intention is never clear as the film itself never addresses it. The movie's last act with an endless trek up a snow covered mountain with a storm brewing is a crashing bore. With Stella Stevens, Marj Dusay, Clay O'Brien and Arthur Hunnicutt.