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The Saturday Western: Howard Hawks's The Big Sky

on BBC Two England

Starring Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin
In 1830, tough Kentucky mountain men Jim Deakins and Boone Caudill join a keelboat expedition from the frontier town of St Louis up the Missouri River into unknown territory.

Contributors

Producer and director:
Howard Hawks
Jim Deakins:
Kirk Douglas
Boone Caudill:
Dewey Martin
Zeb:
Arthur Hunnicutt
Teal Eye:
Elizabeth Threatt
Romaine:
Buddy Baer
Jourdonnais:
Steven Geray
Poordevil:
Hank Worden
Streak:
Jim Davis
Labadie:
Henri Letondal

BBC Two England

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