Challenge to Be Free

1975 • 87 minutes

About this movie

Based on an incredible true story, Challenge To Be Free captures the excitement of a marathon manhunt through 1,000 miles of the most rugged and beautiful terrain in the Alaskan Wilderness. Mark Mazurki gives a performance of a lifetime as Trapper, a mysterious loner who lives in the North Country with only wild animals as his friends. After running afoul of the law, trapper attempts to escape and a dramatic chase ensues by expert Indian trackers, law enforcement officers and woodsmen of the North. As they fight blizzards, avalanches, and frozen rivers in pursuit of Trapper, the inevitable confrontation that takes places gives birth to the legend of a man who went to cunning and astonishing lengths to evade his pursuers.