The Far Horizons (1955)

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The Untamed West is the reissue title of the Pine-Thomas production The Far Horizons. This romanticized retelling of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803-06 stars Fred MacMurray as Meriwether Lewis and Charlton Heston as Bill Clark. The film doesn't delve much into the real-life animosity between… More The Untamed West is the reissue title of the Pine-Thomas production The Far Horizons. This romanticized retelling of the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803-06 stars Fred MacMurray as Meriwether Lewis and Charlton Heston as Bill Clark. The film doesn't delve much into the real-life animosity between the two, though it's clear that there's little love lost between the cerebral Lewis and the two-fisted Clark. Aiding the men in their expedition is Indian maiden Sacajawea, played with fist-in-the-air defiance by Donna Reed. Since interracial romances were still largely taboo in American films of the early 1950s, Sacajawea can only pine and sigh as Lewis and Clark square off over the affections of white-woman Julia Hancock (Barbara Hale). This Technicolor-and-Vistavision film works best as an outdoor adventure; its dramatic scenes tend to bog down in an excess of verbiage. The Far Horizons was based on Sacajawea of the Shoshones, a novel by Della Gould Edmonds. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By: Rudolph Maté
Written By: Della Gould Emmons, Winston Miller, Edmund H. North
Genres: Western, Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: May 20, 1955 Wide
On DVD: Jun 7, 2005

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
An inaccurate and dull telling of the historic Lewis and Clark Expedition that followed President Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase in 1803.

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Cast

            Fred MacMurray as Meriwether Lewis

            Charlton Heston as Bill Clark

            Donna Reed as Sacajawea

            Barbara Hale as Julia Hancock

            William Demarest as Sgt. Cass

            Alan Reed Sr. as Charboneau

            Eduardo Noriega as Cameahwait

            Larry Pennell as Wild Eagle

            Ralph Moody as Le Borgne

            Herbert Heyes as President Jefferson

            Fran Bennett as Bit part

            Argentina Brunetti as Old Crone

            Frank Fowler as Bit part

            Bob Herron
            
            Leroy Johnson as Bit part

            Lester Matthews as Mr. Hancock

            Tom Monroe
            
            Voltaire Perkins
            
            William Phipps
            
            Walter Reed as Cruzatte

            Vernon Rich as Bit part

            Bill Walker
            
            Helen Wallace as Mrs. Hancock

            Al Wyatt as Bit part

            Joe Canutt as Bit part

            Julia Montoya as Crow Woman

            Margarita Martin
            
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