Jeremiah Johnson is a 1972 American western film (Acid Western), directed (film director) by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford as the title character and Will Geer as "Bear Claw" Chris Lapp. The movie was said to have been based in part on the life of the legendary mountain man Liver-Eating Johnson, based on Raymond Thorp/Robert Bunkers book Killer: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson and Vardis Fishers Mountain Man (Mountain Man (novel)).

The script was written by John Milius and Edward Anhalt; the movie was filmed at various locations in Redfords adopted home state of Utah. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.