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Across the Wide Missouri
“The action, the drama, the men, the women... who blasted their heroic way into a new empire!”
6.1 / 10• 1951• 1h 18m•NR• English
AdventureRomanceWestern
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Clark Gable
Flint Mitchell
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. William A. Wellman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Across the Wide Missouri is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
