Movie

Red Skies of Montana

1952 · 99 min

A rugged, smoke-and-sweat survival drama that builds quiet suspicion into roaring, elemental peril, earnest and sturdy rather than subtle.

Tagline: The "Smoke Jumpers" hit the screen in Red Skies of Montana
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Guilt, survival, grief, redemption
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: Red Skies of Montana

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

More like this

Like Red Skies of Montana, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
survival
grief
redemption
loyalty
Places: wilderness
small town
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild