The Big Sky

"Theirs the great adventure..."

Oct 24 1952 Approved 2h 20m
Drama, Western

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.

Plot

Jim Deakins is a frontiersman and Indian trader who is making a perilous journey with a group of other men up the Missouri River to get a large haul of furs from friendly Blackfoot Indians. The problem is that they have to get through hostile Indian territory first and they find that they have seriously underestimated the difficulties they will undergo. The large body of men who started the journey are gradually whittled down until only a hardy few, like Deakins, are left.

Written by

Dudley Nichols, A.B. Guthrie Jr., Ray Buffum

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Winchester Pictures Corporation, RKO Radio Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
5,026
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA