The Big Sky overview

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The Big Sky

Synopsis:

The Big Sky is based on a popular novel by A.B. Guthrie. Kirk Douglas and Dewey Martin play a pair of Kentucky frontiersmen who embark upon the first keelboat trip up the Missouri River way back in 1830. Joining Douglas and Martin are Martin's grizzled old uncle Arthur Hunnicutt and garrulous Frenchman Steven Geray. Running afoul of various Indian tribes, Douglas nonetheless romances Sioux princess Elizabeth Threatt (their off-screen relationship was on the kinky side, as an embarrassed Douglas reveals in his autobiography).


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Howard Hawks
  • Studio: RKO Pictures
  • Year: 1952
  • Run Time: 122 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Set in: Missouri River
  • MPAA Rating: NR
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Adventure
  • Filmed in: Available in Colorized Version, B&W