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Across the Wide Missouri: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou. Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- William A. Wellman
- 1951-10-21
Trapper Flint Mitchell and other mountain men from the Rendezvous join forces to enter virgin trapping territory but must contend with a resentful Blackfoot chief.
Across the Wide Missouri is a 1951 American Technicolor Western film based on historian Bernard DeVoto's eponymous 1947 book. The film dramatizes an account of several fur traders and their interaction with the Native Americans.
Mar 20, 2024 · Across the Wide Missouri (1951) Mark Franklin March 20, 2024 1950s. Clark Gable is trapper Flint Mitchell in this tribute to the mountain man that helped open the West to the whites who followed. He has his eyes on the plentiful beaver in Blackfoot territory, and marries pretty Indian maiden Kamiah (Maria Elena Marques) because she’s the ...
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Across the Wide Missouri marked the last screen appearance of well-known character actor Jack Holt (1888-1951).
- William Wellman, Howard Koch
- Clark Gable
The final cue in the sequence, “Rendezvous,” was written to segue from the action sequence to the beginning of the frontiersmen’s celebration that opens the finished film.
Final film of Jack Holt. In order to film in Technicolor while shooting on location, heavy Technicolor cameras and equipment had to be transported in by mule.
