Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Russell HarlanComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt, Jim Davis, Beulah Archuletta, Henri Letondal, Iron Eyes Cody, Hank Worden, Don Beddoe (more)Plots(1)
Hawks adventure with strong performance by Douglas as a Kentucky mountaineer who embarks on a keelboat expedition up the Missouri River in the 1830s. The perilous journey includes battles with hostile Indians and bands of outlaws - and romance with a Blackfoot princess. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Kirk Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/709/162709911_18b2aa.jpg)
Kirk Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Lust for Life (1956)
![Dewey Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159985_360c90.jpg)
Dewey Martin
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Battleground (1949)
![Elizabeth Threatt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307274_d22c6e.jpg)
Elizabeth Threatt
USA
Best movies:
The Big Sky (1952)
![Arthur Hunnicutt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312311_4118b4.jpg)
Arthur Hunnicutt
USA
Best movies:
El Dorado (1966)
The Lusty Men (1952)
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
![Jim Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/493/160493232_4181b6.jpg)
Jim Davis
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
El Dorado (1966)
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
![Beulah Archuletta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/896/161896995_d4bd9b.jpg)
Beulah Archuletta
USA
Best movies:
Key Largo (1948)
The Man from Laramie (1955)
The Searchers (1956)
Henri Letondal
Canada
Best movies:
Deep in My Heart (1954)
The Big Clock (1948)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
![Iron Eyes Cody](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496912_bc6346.jpg)
Iron Eyes Cody
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Big Trail (1930)
![Hank Worden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426743_331e64.gif)
Hank Worden
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
![Don Beddoe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000144_c69b10.jpg)
Don Beddoe
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Caged (1950)
![Frank DeKova](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000180_46ab9d.jpg)
Frank DeKova
USA
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
American Pop (1981)
The Jayhawkers (1959)
![Paul Frees](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185695_ed6d53.jpg)
Paul Frees
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Grand Prix (1966)
Michael Jeffers
UK
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
![Max Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/381/159381932_f062f5.jpg)
Max Wagner
Mexico
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Guy Wilkerson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445223_9c6cc9.jpg)
Guy Wilkerson
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
![Sam Ash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789781_d8507f.jpg)
Sam Ash
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Steven Geray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/479/159479311_1bc3a1.jpg)
Steven Geray
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Gilda (1946)
![George Wallace](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/618/162618250_9fc16e.jpg)
George Wallace
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Minority Report (2002)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
![Cactus Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193968_14fc59.jpg)
Cactus Mack
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
Texas (1941)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
![Nolan Leary](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888876_e3ce6d.jpg)
Nolan Leary
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)