Red Skies of Montana (1952)

Directed by

Joseph M. Newman

Genre

disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A smokejumper leads a crew fighting a forest fire. He seeks to redeem himself after being the sole survivor of a previous blaze.

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What happens

Red Skies of Montana is a 1952 American adventure drama film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring Richard Widmark, Constance Smith and Jeffrey Hunter. Widmark stars as a smokejumper who attempts to save his crew while being overrun by a forest fire, not only to preserve their lives, but to redeem himself after being the only survivor of a previous disaster. The film was loosely based on the August 1949 Mann Gulch fire, and filmed on location in Technicolor with the cooperation of the United States Forest Service. Bugle Mountain (also known as "Bugle Peak"), located in the Scapegoat Wilderness near Lincoln, Montana, gave its name to the fictional setting of the forest fire in the Selway National Forest shown during the first 30 minutes of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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