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Howard Hawks's loose-limbed 1952 Western ...
Richard Brody, New Yorker
The Big Sky
Theirs the great adventure...
1952 · 2h 20m · APPROVED
Adventure, Western
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Howard Hawks Director
- Kirk Douglas as Jim Deakins
- Dewey Martin as Boone Caudill
- Elizabeth Threatt as Teal Eye (Blackfoot Princess)
- Arthur Hunnicutt as Zeb Calloway / Narrator
- Buddy Baer as Romaine
- Steven Geray as 'Frenchy' Jourdonnais (Riverboat Captain)
- Henri Letondal as La Badie
- Hank Worden as Poordevil
- Jim Davis as Streak
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A saga as long as the day and as big as all outdoors.
A.H. Weiler, New York Times
Fresh
Though this sublime 1952 black-and-white masterpiece by Howard Hawks is usually accorded a low place in the Hawks canon, it's a particular favorite of mine -- mysterious, beautiful, and even utopian.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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