this belated attempt at a western adventure be a curious anomaly represent the script be and on the one hand and terribly old fashion and cliché ridden and yet equally replete with such amodern element a four letter word and bout of violence . charlton heston ham it up like never before a a beaver trapper reluctant to make way for progress and accept the fact that his precious trade be be supplant by finer material like silk while brian keith provide the bright spot in the film a heston foul mouth partner and along with michel legrand beautiful score and the desolate snowy landscape . the plot and also involve indian ambush and the abduction of a squaw ( who and of course and fall for heston at his hairy . ) and rival trapper ( notably seymour cassel play a canadian ) and render the film just about watchable but in no way memorable .