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Actors: Clark Gable, María Elena Marqués, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, Alan Napier
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Across the Wide Missouri |
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Directed by William A. Wellman in 1951. Trapper Flint Mitchell and his companions are about to begin their journey across the Missouri until Idaho and Montana. When Flint learns that a Blackfoot princess lives in the neighborhood, he decides at once to marry Kamiah because he certainly will need her when he'll have to cross the territory of the bellicose Blackfeet. Then begins a long journey through territories that no white man never yet traversed. Forests, mountains and prairies unwind in front of them days after days.
They finally arrive to Montana and are at once attacked by Ironshirt and his Blackfeet warriors who steal their horses. Thanks to the intervention of Kamia who's the granddaughter of Bear Ghost, the Blackfeet's leader, Ironshirt must return the horses stolen to Flint. But as Bear Ghost is killed a few weeks later, Ironshirt becomes the new chief of the Blackfeet and attacks Flint and his trappers at once.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Across the Wide Missouri |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- Good white men fighting wicked Indians
- traveling across the west
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Forest?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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