The Big Sky
Story of a Kentucky mountaineer who joins a keel-boat expedition up the Missouri river in the 1830s.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Jim Deakins Kirk Douglas
- Boone Caudill Dewey Martin
- Teal Eye Elizabeth Threatt
- Zeb Calloway Arthur Hunnicutt
- Romaine Buddy Baer
- Jourdonnais Steven Geray
- Labadie Henri Letondal
- Poordevil Hank Worden
- Streak Jim Davis
- [Chouquette] Robert Hunter
- [Pascal] Booth Colman
- [McMasters] Paul Frees
- [Moleface] Frank De Kova
- [Longface] Guy Wilkerson
- [mule purchaser] Don Beddoe
- [Indian girl] B.H. McCampbell
- [Shorty, trapper] Jim Hayward
- [Indian chief] Iron Eyes Cody
- [Indian boy] Michael Douglas
- [jailer] Cliff Clark
- [Sam Eggleston] Fred Graham
- [friend] George Wallace
- [friend] Max Wagner
- [friend] Charles Regan
- [singer] Sam Ash
- [singer] Abe Dinovitch
- [trapper] Anthony Jochim
- [trapper] Jay Novello
- [trapper] William Self
- [Indian] Frank Lackteen
- [storekeeper] Nolan Leary
- [dance caller] Sherman Sanders
- [bartender] Ray Hyke
- [proprietor of tavern] Eugene Borden
- [bar maid] Veola Vonn
- [riverman] Pete Vigue
- [riverman] Dan Carson
- [riverman] Ernest Altmiller
- [riverman] Albert D'arno
- [riverman] Gordon Clark
- [riverman] Peter Camlin
- [riverman] Ben Larson
- [riverman] John Mckee
- [henchman] Crane Whitley
- [man] Dennis Dengate
- [man] Ray Bennett
- [man] Rory Mallinson
- [man] Gil Warren
- [Chief Red Horse] Theodore Last Star
- [man] Chub Ralstin
- [Indian] Agnes Deer Nose
- [Indian] Winona Plenty Hoops
- [Indian] Lizzie Yellow Tail
- [Indian] Wilma Blackbone
- [Indian] Wayne Tobacco
- [Indian] Charles Big Ox
- [Indian] Woodrow Plenty On Top
- [Indian] Joe Horsewhip
- [Indian] Oliver Bear Don't Walk
- [Indian] Frank Daylight
- [Indian] Pete Good Luck
- [Indian] John Takes A Horse
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Howard Hawks
- Unit Director Arthur Rosson
- Assistant Director William McGarry
Rights
Production
- Presents Winchester Pictures Corporation
- Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
- An RKO Radio Picture RKO Radio Pictures
- Produced by Howard Hawks
- Associate Producer Edward Lasker
- Unit Manager Arthur Siteman
Casting
- Casting Assistant Harvey Clermont
Writing
- Screen Play by Dudley Nichols
- Based upon the novel 'The Big Sky' by A.B. Guthrie Jr
Photography
- Director of Photography Russell Harlan
Special Effects
- Special Effects by Donald Steward
Editing
- Film Editor Christian I. Nyby
Design
- Art Director Albert S. D'agostino
- Art Director Perry Ferguson
- Set Decorations Darrell Silvera
- Set Decorations William L. Stevens
Costumes
- Costume Designer Dorothy Jeakins
Make-up
- Makeup Artist Mel Berns
- Makeup Artist Don Cash
- Hair Stylist Larry Germain
Music
- Music Composed by Dimitri Tiomkin
- French Lyrics by Gordon Clark
- Music Directed by Dimitri Tiomkin
- Music Co-ordination C. Bakaleinikoff
- Music Editor Richard C. Harris
Sound
- Sound by Phil Brigandi
- Sound by Clem Portman
- Sound System RCA
- Sound Effects by Walter Elliott
Miscellaneous
- Grateful acknowledgment for their assistance to The National Park Service
