Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
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Clark Gable is the largely nonheroic hero of the sprawling western Across the Wide Missouri. A cunning trapper who lives purely by his wits, Gable avoids being scalped by the Blackfoot Indians by marrying Maria Elena Marques, the chief's daughter. This marriage of convenience also allows Gable… More Clark Gable is the largely nonheroic hero of the sprawling western Across the Wide Missouri. A cunning trapper who lives purely by his wits, Gable avoids being scalped by the Blackfoot Indians by marrying Maria Elena Marques, the chief's daughter. This marriage of convenience also allows Gable to trap to his heart's content in Blackfoot territory. After bearing a child, Marques is killed by a warring tribe; the opportunistic Gable at first considers abandoning the child, but at long last does right by the boy. Adolphe Menjou steals the show as an eternally inebriated French trapper, while Ricardo Montalban and J. Carroll Naish are convincing (and noncondescending) in their Native American characterizations. Evidently, Across the Wide Missouri tested poorly when it was first previewed: the final release version runs a surprisingly brief 78 minutes, with narrator Howard Keel (who otherwise does not appear) filling in the continuity gaps. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William A. Wellman
- Written By
- Talbot Jennings
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 23, 1951 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
One of Clark Gable's and director William Wellman's weakest films, this is a sprawling Western, running only 78 minutes, butchered by the producer in the editing room.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A savagely cut film by MGM studio boss Dore Schary who does his best to try and ruin it.
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Cast
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Clark Gable
as Flint Mitchell
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Ricardo Montalban
as Ironshirt
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John Hodiak
as Brecan
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Adolphe Menjou
as Pierre
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María Elena Marqués
as Kamiah
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J. Carrol Naish
as Looking Glass
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Jack Holt
as Bear Ghost
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Alan Napier
as Capt. Humberstone Lyon
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George Chandler
as Gowie
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Richard Anderson
as Dick
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Frankie Darro
as Cadet
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Howard Keel
as Chip Mitchell as an Adult (as Narrator)
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Henri Letondal
as Lucien Chennault
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Russell Simpson
as Hoback
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Ben Watson
as Markhead
- James Whitmore
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Douglas Fowley
as Tin Cup Owens
