Big Kids movie night
Across the Great Divide
The story
Across the Great Divide is a 1976 American Western film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, Heather Rattray and George Buck Flower. The film was shot on location in Utah and Canada.
Plot
In 1876, two orphans, Holly and Jason Smith, travel across the Rocky Mountains to claim their inheritance at the end of the Oregon Trail. They run into Zachariah Coop, a gambler on the run from a group of angry men. Coop tries to join the two kids, but at first they don't know whether to trust him. The trio shows unyielding courage in the face of hardship, adventure and danger as they travel across the Great Divide to reach their dream.
Cast
Robert Logan as Zachariah Coop
Heather Rattray as Holly Smith
Mark Edward Hall as Jason Smith
George Buck Flower as Ben
Hal Bokar as Sternface
Frank Salsedo as Mosa
Release
The film was released on December 20, 1976 by Pacific International Enterprises.
The film was officially released on DVD on January 1, 2003. More recently, the film was released on Blu-ray and digital format by Lionsgate.