This is a rousing, good-time adventure tale with two Hawksian buddies making their way through the untamed wild.
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04/03/09
The Big Sky (1952)
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Reviews Counted:7
Fresh:7
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7.1/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Westerns
Synopsis: Kirk Douglas stars as Jim Deakins, a Kentucky mountaineer who leaves his home and embarks on a keelboat expedition up the Missouri River in the 1830s. French fur trader Jourdonnais leads the men on... [More]
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Arthur Hunnicutt, Jim Davis
Director: Howard Hawks
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03/26/09
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06/24/06
Top CriticThis is not one of Hawks' great films, but it's one of his most visually satisfying.
08/11/05
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08/22/03
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05/24/03
Top CriticA saga as long as the day and as big as all outdoors.
05/20/03
Top CriticThough this sublime 1952 black-and-white masterpiece by Howard Hawks is usually accorded a low place in the Hawks canon, it's a particular favorite of mine -- mysterious, beautiful, and even utopian.
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