Across The Wide Missouri Details

Across The Wide Missouri

This film is set in a period of American history rarely covered in motion pictures. Due to the popularity of beaver fur for hats, trappers invaded the Rocky Mountains ,still wild and not officially part of the United States. Clark Gable stars as Flint Mitchell, a beaver trapper who takes a Blackfoot woman (Mexican actor Maria Elena Marques) as his wife with passionate result. The supporting cast is a who's who of cinema history Ricardo Montalban (Fantasy Island) Adolphe Menjou a veteran of films from the silent era. Alan Napier (butler to Adam West's Batman) and J. Carrol Naish combine their talents in this magnificent panorama of epic Americana. Made in the last great days of the American studio system the craftsmanship in the making of this film has never been equaled. A great picture a great story and a great cast including King of Hollywood Clark Gable.

Starring	Clark Gable, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Anderson, John Hodiak, George Chandler, Jack Holt, Alan Napier
Director	William Wellman
Studio	CORNERSTONE MEDIA
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 15 mins
Certificate
Genres	Action/Adventure
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1951 To Rent: DVD: 25 Oct 2010