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The Big Sky (1952)
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Jim Deakins is a frontiersman and Indian trader who is making a perilous journey with a group of other men up the Missouri River to get a large haul of furs from friendly Blackfoot Indians... See full summary » Director:Howard Hawks |
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Jim Deakins
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Dewey Martin | ... |
Boone Caudill
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Elizabeth Threatt | ... |
Teal Eye
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Arthur Hunnicutt | ... |
Zeb Calloway
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Buddy Baer | ... |
Romaine
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Steven Geray | ... |
'Frenchy' Jourdonnais (Riverboat Captain)
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Henri Letondal | ... |
La Badie
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Poordevil
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Jim Davis | ... |
Streak
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Jim Deakins is a frontiersman and Indian trader who is making a perilous journey with a group of other men up the Missouri River to get a large haul of furs from friendly Blackfoot Indians. The problem is that they have to get through hostile Indian territory first and they find that they have seriously underestimated the difficulties they will undergo. The large body of men who started the journey are gradually whittled down until only a hardy few, like Deakins, are left. Written by Alfred Jingle
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The stirring tales of the pioneers who blazed America's trails were told in "The Covered Wagon"..."Cimarron"...and "Red River"...(re-release poster) See more »Parents Guide:
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Howard Hawks' The Big Sky See more »Company Credits
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Runtime:
| (edited version) | West Germany:Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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During the shooting of "Red River" there was a proposed scene that Hawks vainly urged John Wayne to do. It involved his getting a finger mangled between a saddle horn and rope, resulting in Wakter Brennan's amputating it. Hawks reportedly replied, "if you're not good enough, we won't do it." According to Hawks biographer Todd McCarthy, he did it with Douglas in "The Big Sky" and it came off so funny that Wayne later declared to Hawks, "If you tell me a funeral is funny, I'll do a funeral." See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: Story takes place in 1832. Automobiles are visible during prologue. See more »Quotes
Zeb Calloway: [narrating] Ain't it funny. Two men is friends. Then a girl comes along an... an pretty soon they ain't friends no more. And now with one of 'em walking out on what the other'n would give his right arm for, I kept wondering what they would do to settle it.See more »
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