Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
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- Passed
- 1h 18min
- Adventure, Drama
- 21 Oct 1951 (USA)
- Movie
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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Cast verified as complete
Clark Gable | ... |
Flint Mitchell
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Ricardo Montalban | ... |
Ironshirt
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John Hodiak | ... |
Brecan
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Adolphe Menjou | ... |
Pierre
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J. Carrol Naish | ... |
Looking Glass
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Jack Holt | ... |
Bear Ghost
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Alan Napier | ... |
Capt. Humberstone Lyon
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George Chandler | ... |
Gowie
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Richard Anderson | ... |
Dick Richardson
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María Elena Marqués | ... |
Kamiah
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Bobby Barber | ... |
Gardipe (uncredited)
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Maurice Brierre | ... |
French Trapper (uncredited)
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Timothy Carey | ... |
Baptiste DuNord (uncredited)
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Gene Coogan | ... |
Marcelline (uncredited)
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Frankie Darro | ... |
Cadet (uncredited)
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Michael Dugan | ... |
Gordon (uncredited)
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Tatzumbia Dupea | ... |
Indian Woman (uncredited)
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Evelyn Finley | ... |
Squaw (uncredited)
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Douglas Fowley | ... |
Tin Cup Owens (uncredited)
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Fred Gilman | ... |
Harris (uncredited)
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Fred Graham | ... |
Brown (uncredited)
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John Hartman | ... |
Chip Mitchell (uncredited)
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Tex Holden | ... |
Peg Leg Smith (uncredited)
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Don House | ... |
Luke (uncredited)
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Howard Keel | ... |
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
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Andrew Knife | ... |
Yellow Plume (uncredited)
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Bert LeBaron | ... |
LeBonte (uncredited)
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Henri Letondal | ... |
Lucien Chennault (uncredited)
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Frank McGrath | ... |
St. Leger (uncredited)
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John McKee | ... |
Killbuck (uncredited)
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Edith Mills | ... |
Indian Woman (uncredited)
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Elaine Naish | ... |
Indian Girl (uncredited)
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Elmer Napier | ... |
Shad Skeggs (uncredited)
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Louis Nicoletti | ... |
Roy DuNord (uncredited)
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Manuel París | ... |
French Trapper (uncredited)
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Albert Petit | ... |
French Trapper (uncredited)
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Albert Pollet | ... |
French Trapper (uncredited)
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Frank Richards | ... |
Tige Shannon (uncredited)
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Russell Simpson | ... |
Hoback (uncredited)
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Jack Sterling | ... |
Davis (uncredited)
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Nipo T. Strongheart | ... |
Indian Chief (uncredited)
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Ben Watson | ... |
Markhead (uncredited)
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James Whitmore | ... |
Old Bill (uncredited)
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Directed by
William A. Wellman |
Written by
Talbot Jennings | ... | (screenplay) |
Talbot Jennings | ... | (story) and |
Frank Cavett | ... | (story) |
Bernard DeVoto | ... | (book "Across the Wide Missouri") (uncredited) |
Produced by
Robert Sisk | ... | producer |
Music by
David Raksin |
Cinematography by
William C. Mellor | ... | director of photography (as William Mellor) |
Editing by
John D. Dunning | ... | (as John Dunning) |
Editorial Department
Henri Jaffa | ... | color consultant: Technicolor |
Margaret Booth | ... | supervising editor (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
James Basevi | ||
Cedric Gibbons |
Set Decoration by
Ralph S. Hurst | ... | (set decorations) |
Edwin B. Willis |
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett |
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff | ... | hair styles designer |
John Truwe | ... | makeup artist |
William Tuttle | ... | makeup creator |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ridgeway Callow | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Frank Wesselhoff | ... | painter (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording supervisor |
Conrad Kahn | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe | ... | special effects |
Stunts
Archie Butler | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Evelyn Finley | ... | stunt double: Maria Elena Marques (uncredited) |
Fred Graham | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
John Indrisano | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Eddie Juaregui | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Fred Kennedy | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Archie Fire Lame Deer | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Fred McDougall | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Chuck Roberson | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Slim Talbot | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Ray Thomas | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
James Van Horn | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Jack N. Young | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Harold Lipstein | ... | director of photography: second unit (uncredited) |
Location Management
Orville O. Dull | ... | location scout (uncredited) |
Bill Smith | ... | location auditor (uncredited) |
Music Department
Leo Arnaud | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Robert Franklyn | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Johnny Green | ... | conductor: Albert Sendrey cues (uncredited) |
Lawrence Morton | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
David Raksin | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Ruby Raksin | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Albert Sendrey | ... | composer: additional music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
James Gooch | ... | technicolor color consultant |
Nipo T. Strongheart | ... | technical adviser: Indian |
Jackson Halliday | ... | dialogue director (uncredited) |
Howard Hill | ... | technical advisor: archery (uncredited) |
Alex Romero | ... | choreographer (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) (United States) (theatrical)
- Metro (1952) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1952) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1952) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1952) (Austria) (theatrical)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (1991) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- CBS (United States) (tv)
- France 3 (1988) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- MGM Home Entertainment (VHS package design)
- Turner Entertainment (DVD package design)
- Turner Entertainment (VHS package design)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment (DVD package design)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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.
Written by Ron Kerrigan |
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Taglines | A year in the making ! Thousands in the cast ! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Budget | $5,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Clark Gable was ill during filming. He did not like the way he appeared in the movie, believing he looked too bloated and red in the face. He was widely felt to be too old for his character. See more » |
Goofs | Early in the movie (at the 7:12 mark), when Kamiah is talking to Flint about trading horses for a wife, there is a motor vehicle in the lower left corner driving along a road in the distance, although this story took place long before the automobile was invented. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951). See more » |
Soundtracks | Across The Wide Missouri See more » |
Quotes |
Narrator:
Trees lie where they fall, and men were buried where they died. See more » |