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      Across the Wide Missouri

      Released Oct 23, 1951 1 hr. 18 min. Adventure List
      Reviews 35% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Tough trapper Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) is a tenacious survivor in the unforgiving wilderness of the West. Determined to stay on the good side of the local Blackfoot tribe, Flint is intent on marrying Kamiah (Maria Elena Marques), the beautiful daughter of Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) -- especially since this union would allow him to freely pursue his trade in the region. Struggling to win the approval of the protective Ironshirt, Flint finds himself truly falling for Kamiah. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jan 01 Buy Now

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      Steve D Not among his best but still entertaining. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/22/23 Full Review Audience Member IT IS GOOD SNOW TO SEE IT. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member another mountain men western like 'jeremiah johnson" 'the revenant" or 'mountian men" Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Picturesque but dull frontier tale about mountain men moving out west in the late 1800s. Clark Gable leads a group of mountain men further west into the Northwest Territories, but runs afoul Native Americans led by Ricardo Montalban who Gable and company can't figure out why ar fighting them and think it's their land. This film isn't all that good even if you get past the racist Hollywood depiction of Native Americans. Director William Wellman actually disowned this film after studio recuts and the insertion of voice over narration. On the plus side, the film does feature the film debut of Timothy Carey Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Thought this was a pretty good flick. Story line a bit better than some westerns. Fantastic film work in the Rocky Mountains. Good cast. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Across the Wide Missouri (1951) This is a great movie, directed by Wild Bill Wellman and shows off the wild west in all it's Technicolor beauty. The film is filled with rugged mountain men doing wild and crazy antics; lots of fighting and brawling. Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) is a trapper, and when he finds out that an indian girl, Kamiah (María Elena Marqués) is a kidnapped daughter of a Nez Perce chief, Looking Glass (J Carrol Naish), one of the western tribes, he does some horse trading to have her as his wife. A French trapper, Pierre (Adolphe Menjou) follows along as translator and showing him how to properly court a girl. Kamiah leads Flint and his friends through the Rocky Mountains to what looks like Montana, Idaho and Oregon, where the beaver is in abundance. She meets back up with her father and things are looking pretty good. Flint slowly develops a deep love for Kamiah and they slowly learn to appreciate each other's language and culture. Not long after that, she gives him a son. Flint's men are able to trap to their heart's content until they meet one of the young Black Foot indians, who doesn't want the white man encroaching on their land. Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) really has a thing for getting Flint's scalp. The movie is nicely narrated by Flints son (Howard Keel) who has grown to manhood. He explains the ways of both whites and indians throughout the movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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. Rated: C Jun 12, 2012 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A savagely cut film by MGM studio boss Dore Schary who does his best to try and ruin it. Rated: B Apr 17, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Tough trapper Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) is a tenacious survivor in the unforgiving wilderness of the West. Determined to stay on the good side of the local Blackfoot tribe, Flint is intent on marrying Kamiah (Maria Elena Marques), the beautiful daughter of Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) -- especially since this union would allow him to freely pursue his trade in the region. Struggling to win the approval of the protective Ironshirt, Flint finds himself truly falling for Kamiah.
      Director
      William A. Wellman
      Screenwriter
      Talbot Jennings
      Distributor
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 23, 1951, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 1, 2009
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