Country: USA
Year: 1952
Duration: 122'
Two friends, Jim and Boone, and Boone's old uncle, the hunter Zeb, take a long river trip on a boat belonging to French fur traders, lead by Jourdonnais. They cross the region of the great lakes to reach an Indian settlement where they plan to stock up on furs and try to break the monopoly of an arrogant company. They bring an Indian princess, Duck Eye, with them as a hostage and a guarantee of being well received. Despite the tricks and pitfalls the fur company has set for them, and despite the hostile Indians they have stirred up (who will be neutralized when the provokers are unmasked), Jim and Boone manage to arrive at the Indian settlement. During the trip, both of them have fallen in love with Duck Eye, who in turn loves Boone. Boone, though, doesn't want to stay and live with the Indians. He decides to leave, to the girl's sadness. Only Jim's generous intercession manages to make Boone change his mind.
Biography
film director
Howard Hawks
University and moved to Los Angeles, where he entered the world of cinema as a prop master at the Famous Players-Lasky. Hired by Paramount in 1922 as a screenwriter, he debuted in directing at Fox in 1926 and had his first big success thanks to the producer Howard Hughes, who chose him to direct Scarface, Shame of the Nation (1932). One of the top directors during the golden age of Hollywood, he was famous for his eclectic genres and masterly use of the classic style, alternating comedies (Bring Up Baby, 1938; I Was a Male War Bride, 1949), noir (The Big Sleep, 1946), Westerns (Red River, 1948, Rio Bravo, 1959), war movies (Air Force, 1943), and musicals (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953). He received an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1975.
Cast
& Credits
Director: Howard Hawks.
Plot: dal romanzo di Alfred Bertram Guthrie, jr.
Screenplay: Dudley Nichols.
Director of photography: Russell Harlan.
Costume designer: Dorothy Jenkinns.
Art director: Darrell Silvera e William Stevens.
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin.
Editor: Christian Niby.
Cast and characters: Kirk Douglas (Jim Deakins), Dewey Martin (Boone Caudill), Elizabeth Threatt (Occhio d'anatra), Arthur Hunnicut (Zeb Calloway), Buddy Bear (Romaine), Stevens Geray (Jourdonnais), Hank Worden (Pelle e ossa), Jim Deavis (Streak), Henry Letondal (Labadie), Robert Hunter (Chouquette), Booth Coleman (Pascal).
Producer: Howard Hawks.
Production company: Winchester Productions.
Italian distribution: RKO.
Plot: dal romanzo di Alfred Bertram Guthrie, jr.
Screenplay: Dudley Nichols.
Director of photography: Russell Harlan.
Costume designer: Dorothy Jenkinns.
Art director: Darrell Silvera e William Stevens.
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin.
Editor: Christian Niby.
Cast and characters: Kirk Douglas (Jim Deakins), Dewey Martin (Boone Caudill), Elizabeth Threatt (Occhio d'anatra), Arthur Hunnicut (Zeb Calloway), Buddy Bear (Romaine), Stevens Geray (Jourdonnais), Hank Worden (Pelle e ossa), Jim Deavis (Streak), Henry Letondal (Labadie), Robert Hunter (Chouquette), Booth Coleman (Pascal).
Producer: Howard Hawks.
Production company: Winchester Productions.
Italian distribution: RKO.