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The Big Sky
The Big Sky is a 1952 American Western film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and written by Dudley Nichols, based on the novel of the same name by A.B. Guthrie Jr. The film does not have the same tragic ending as the book. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt and Arthur Hunnicutt, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Though not considered among Hawks's major achievements by most critics, the film was chosen by Jonathan Rosenbaum for his alternative list of the Top 100 American Films.
Plot
In 1832, Jim Deakins (Kirk Douglas) is travelling in the Kentucky wilderness when he encounters an initially hostile Boone Caudill (Dewey Martin). However, they soon become good friends and head together to St. Louis on the Missouri River in search of Boone's uncle, Zeb Calloway (Arthur Hunnicutt). They find him when they are tossed in jail for brawling with fur traders of the Missouri River Company. When 'Frenchy' Jourdonnais (Steven Geray) comes to bail Zeb out, Zeb talks him into paying for Jim and Boone too.
More details
| author | Dudley Nichols |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Missouri |
| director | Howard Hawks |
| editor | Christian Nyby |
| genre | historical western |
| keywords | blackfoot blackfoot confederacy crow crow nation even follow fur trader kill married missouri fur company missouri river rapid rescue river sail st. louis teepee trading post warn wilderness yellowstone river |
| musicBy | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| producer | Howard Hawks |
| productionCompany | Winchester Pictures Corporation |
| publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |