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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 89%. Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 79% of the 136 1950s adventure movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
104 audience votes
Key crew
- Dudley NicholsScreenplay
- Howard HawksDirector
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kirk DouglasJim Deakins
- Dewey MartinBoone Caudill
- Elizabeth ThreattTeal Eye
- Arthur HunnicuttZeb Calloway
- Buddy BaerRomaine
- Steven Geray"Frenchy" Jourdonnais
- Henri LetondalLa Badie
- Hank WordenPoordevil
- Jim DavisStreak
- Thol SimonsonBoatman
- William SelfBoatman
- Beulah ArchulettaBlackfoot Dancer
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Themes
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