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Across the Wide Missouri

1951 · 78 min

A rugged, old-fashioned frontier adventure that balances sweeping mountain action with a tender, tragic cross-cultural romance.

Directed by
William A. Wellman
Genres
Adventure, Romance, Western
Starring
Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak
Tagline
The action, the drama, the men, the women... who blasted their heroic way into a new empire!
Overview
In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.

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Directed by
William A. Wellman
Genres
Adventure, Romance, Western
Starring
Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • grief
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
adventure, romance, western
Directed by
William A. Wellman
Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
William C. Mellor
Runtime
78 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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