Red Skies of Montana

"The "Smoke Jumpers" hit the screen in Red Skies of Montana"

Feb 1 1952 Passed 1h 39m
Action, Adventure, Drama

When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service, is flown to the scene from their regional headquarters in Missoula, Montana. The Forest Rangers, under Cliff Mason, put out the blaze, but several of the fire-fighters are killed. Ed Miller, son of one of the dead rangers, thinks he died because Mason was a coward, and sets out to prove it.

Plot

When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service, is flown to the scene from their regional headquarters in Missoula, Montana. The Forest Rangers, under Cliff Mason, put out the blaze, but several of the fire-fighters are killed. Ed Miller, son of one of the dead rangers, thinks he died because Mason was a coward, and sets out to prove it.

Written by

Harry Kleiner, Art Cohn, George R. Stewart

Directed by

Joseph M. Newman

Cast

Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
577
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA