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Camas Prairie Railroad, Lewiston, Idaho, USA 15 of 15 found this interesting Interesting? During filming, Bronson discovered the script had been changed again to reveal his character was a detective early. Photo by Barry KoughIn April 1975, newspaper headlines reported the first planes full of Vietnam War orphans landing in the U.S. Showing all 5 items Jump to: Filming Locations (4) Filming Dates (1) Filming Locations. Mary Anderson, manager of the dining room at the former Helm Restaurant in downtown Lewiston, cooked for them, serving baked steelhead, Italian food and turkey.“The main attraction,” Anderson told the Tribune, “is the chance to get out of a motel room and away from the restaurants, gather around a table to feast and maybe have a sing-a-long after the meal is over.”The actors’ team, the Heartbreakers, included Joe Kapp, a former quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings who plays Henry in the film; Doug Atkins, a former Chicago Bears’ defensive end (Jebbo); light-heavyweight boxing champion Archie Moore (Carlos); and Bill McKinney, who played one of the evil hillbillies in “Deliverance” (the Rev.
A “Breakheart Pass” was filmed on the Camas Prairie Railroad, a short line in Northern Idaho. Fairchild when he threatens Marica, but the governor is then in turn cut down by Major Claremont. It was filmed on a couple of the Camas Prairie Railroad's branches in Idaho. Bronson demanded it be changed to the way it was in the original story and this was done.
At the end of the battle, Deakin intercepts Marshal Pearce and shoots him when the corrupt lawman decides to go down fighting. He played the brakeman on the mythical Wasatch & Nevada Railroad.Tom Kiiskila, a 63-year-old Orofino construction worker, was one of the character extras. The script called for 70 cavalry soldiers to fall to their deaths when three freight cars plunged off the track into the canyon.
Bronson was unhappy with this but went along with it as by then filming was underway and he felt he could not leave the production.Kino Video released "Breakheart Pass" for the first time on Blu-ray on August 12, 2014. It wasn’t Kiiskila’s first film role. Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland.
Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. The first commercial boat crossed through the navigation lock at Lower Granite Dam. Yes No. Clem of Lewiston, 52, coordinated train movement for the film. Lewiston, Idaho, USA (Doubling for Nevada) At snow-covered Breakheart Pass, all hell breaks loose as Indians attack the train to take the weapons they were promised, and Calhoun and his men ride out to the train in order to find out what is going on. Also used (and actually wrecked) were some NP wooden boxcars and an NP wooden caboose. He garnered eight more. The film begins with a card shark played by Bronson being arrested by a marshal played by Ben Johnson, who’d won a 1971 Academy Award for “The Last Picture Show.” The two embark on a harrowing train trip with a sensational conclusion.A second unit location, where the movie’s climax was filmed, was in the forested hills between Craigmont and Reubens. Breakheart Pass is a 1975 American western adventure film that stars Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna, and Jill Ireland. A taste of Tinsel Town: In 1975, the film ‘Breakheart Pass’ was filmed against the backdrop of north central Idaho; a look back as the film returns to Lewiston Posted By: Jennifer K Bauer Posted date: July 12, 2012 Workers were installing a roof on what would be named the Kibbie Dome, and the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley was getting a taste of Hollywood as the cast and crew of “Breakheart Pass” took up residence in the area.The Lewiston Tribune kept readers up to date on the progress of the film, which will be shown at dusk Friday at Lewiston’s Pioneer Park, 37 years after it was made.The opening scenes of the movie were shot a half mile east of Arrow Junction, near where the Potlatch and Clearwater rivers meet, about 15 miles east of Lewiston.