Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
Overview
In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 5.702 |
Directed By
William A. Wellman
Crew
William A. Wellman
Robert Sisk
Talbot Jennings
David Raksin
Talbot Jennings
Frank Cavett
Bernard DeVoto
William C. Mellor
Evelyn Finley
John D. Dunning
TOP CAST
Clark Gable
Flint Mitchell
Ricardo Montalban
Ironshirt
John Hodiak
Brecan
Adolphe Menjou
Pierre
J. Carrol Naish
Looking Glass
Jack Holt
Bear Ghost
Alan Napier
Capt. Humberstone Lyon
George Chandler
Gowie
Richard Anderson
Dick
María Elena Marqués
Kamiah
Bobby Barber
Gardipe (uncredited)
Timothy Carey
Baptiste DuNord (uncredited)
Frankie Darro
Cadet (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)
Howard Keel
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
James Whitmore
Old Bill (uncredited)
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