
In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.... (Full plot summary below)
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In the 1830's beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Blackfoot woman as a way to gain entrance into her people's rich lands, but finds she means more to him than a ticket to good beaver habitat.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyOne 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. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA savagely cut film by MGM studio boss Dore Schary who does his best to try and ruin it. |
| User Reviewberta aRealism and attention to detail highlight this otherwise routine tale of opening of the west by mountain-men. Clark Gable's performance is subdued in his portrayal of a trapper that takes on an Indian wife in hostile territory. The scenery is pretty and the story moves at a good clip with exciting finale. |
| User ReviewRick RAcross 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. |
| User ReviewAllan Canother mountain men western like 'jeremiah johnson" 'the revenant" or 'mountian men" |
| User ReviewJohn SThought this was a pretty good flick. Story line a bit better than some westerns. Fantastic film work in the Rocky Mountains. Good cast. |
| User ReviewJan DOudere avonturenfilm/western met Clark Gable. Vertelt een verhaal over de trappers in Montana (heette toen nog niet zo) en hun relatie met de lokale indianenstammen. Degelijke film met mooie natuurbeelden, al zijn de actiescènes uiteraard wel verouderd. |
| User ReviewZoran SWilliam W. Wellman + Technicolor + Clark Gable + Ricardo Montalban + the following voice over "â?¦Men who searched for beaver and found glory" = totally rad movie to watch at 1am |
| User ReviewPaul DA weak western, more so in the performances than the early settlers story. Gable and Montalban go missing for much of their on-screen time and seem to blend in with the supporting cast rather than taking the bull by the horns. |