Main Cast: Michael Conrad, Ron Howard, Buddy Ebsen, Julie Carmen
Release Year: 1981
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
A 1962 novel by Edward Abbey was the source for this 1981 TV movie. Buddy Ebsen plays a stubborn oldster who refuses to leave his mountain property when it is targeted for a government missile base. Not even a promised $100,000 compensation will induce Ebsen to leave. Young land developer Ron Howard is sent to vacate Ebsen, but soon Howard joins the older man in defying the military. Soon it boils down to a battle of wills between Ebsen and the equally bullheaded army officer Michael Conrad. Fire on the Mountain may have your typical "all-TV" cast, but it's a good one. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Beala Neel - Art Director, Donald Wrye - Director, Ronald J. Fagan - Editor, John McMahon - Executive Producer, Basil Poledouris - Composer (Music Score), Beala Neel - Production Designer, Woody Omens - Cinematographer, John Sacret Young - Producer, Robert Lovenheim - Producer, Richard Rosenthal - Producer, John Sacret Young - Screenwriter, Edward Abbey - Book Author
The hero of the movie is Vogelin, a New Mexico rancher whose land adjoins the White Sands Missile Range and is about to be condemned by the United States Air Force to use his land to expand a bombing range. He is the last holdout among the several people whose land the Air Force wants, and he refuses to move. A young land developer, Mackie, is sent to vacate the rancher, but soon he joins in defying the military. Soon it boils down to a battle of wills between Vogelin and the equally bullheaded army officer Colonel Desalius .
