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The Big Sky

19526.5 / 10140 min

Adventure, Western, Romance

Overview

Theirs the great adventure...

Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.

Cast

Kirk Douglas

Jim Deakins

Dewey Martin

Boone Caudill

Elizabeth Threatt

Teal Eye

Arthur Hunnicutt

Zeb Calloway

Buddy Baer

Romaine

Steven Geray

"Frenchy" Jourdonnais

Henri Letondal

La Badie

Hank Worden

Poordevil

Jim Davis

Streak

Thol Simonson

Boatman

William Self

Boatman

Beulah Archuletta

Blackfoot Dancer

Frank De Kova

Moleface (uncredited)

John George

Passerby (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Sam Eggelston (uncredited)

Jay Novello

Trapper (uncredited)

Crew

Ray Buffum

Adaptation

Howard Hawks

Producer

Russell Harlan

Director of Photography

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Dudley Nichols

Screenplay

Howard Hawks

Director

Christian Nyby

Editor

DeVallon Scott

Adaptation

A.B. Guthrie Jr.

Novel

Mel Berns

Makeup Artist

Thol Simonson

Special Effects Technician

Albert S. D'Agostino

Art Direction

Darrell Silvera

Set Decoration

Don L. Cash

Makeup Artist

Perry Ferguson

Art Direction

Dorothy Jeakins

Costume Design

Larry Germain

Hairstylist

William Stevens

Set Decoration