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The Big Sky (1952)

The Big Sky poster
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 100 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crew of fur trappers and traders travel up the Missouri River into uncharted Native American territory. The men clash with each other and face harsh wilderness dangers.

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What happens

The Big Sky is a 1952 American Western film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and starring Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt and Arthur Hunnicutt. The screenplay was written by Dudley Nichols based on the novel of the same name by A.B. Guthrie Jr. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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