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Red Skies of Montana is a 1952 adventure drama in which Richard Widmark stars as a smokejumper who attempts to save his crew while being overrun by a forest fire, not only to preserve their lives, but to redeem himself after being the only survivor of a previous disaster.
The film was loosely based on the August 1949 Mann Gulch fire, and filmed on location in Technicolor with the cooperation of the United States Forest Service.
Bugle Mountain (also known as "Bugle Peak"), located in the Scapegoat Wilderness near Lincoln, Montana, gave its name to the fictional setting of the forest fire in the Selway National Forest shown during the first 30 minutes of the film.
Original Release
01/20/1952
US Release
01/20/1952
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Widmark | Cliff Mason |
Constance Smith | Peg Mason |
Jeffrey Hunter | Edward J. (Ed) Miller |
Richard Boone | Richard 'Dick' Dryer |
Warren Stevens | Steve Burgess |
James Griffith | Boise Peterson |
Joe Sawyer | R. A. 'Pop' Miller / R.A. (Pop) Miller |
Robert Adler | McMullen |
Parley Baer | Dr. Henry |
Charles Bronson | Neff |
Directors
Writers
Harry Kleiner, Art Cohn, George R. Stewart
Cast
Name | Character |
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Richard Widmark | Cliff Mason |
Constance Smith | Peg Mason |
Jeffrey Hunter | Edward J. (Ed) Miller |
Richard Boone | Richard 'Dick' Dryer |
Warren Stevens | Steve Burgess |
James Griffith | Boise Peterson |
Joe Sawyer | R. A. 'Pop' Miller / R.A. (Pop) Miller |
Robert Adler | McMullen |
Parley Baer | Dr. Henry |
Charles Bronson | Neff |
Harry Carter | Ken Philippe |
John Close | Lewisohn |
Richard Crenna | Noxon |
Lawrence Dobkin | Leo |
Paul Dubov | Doctor |
Grady Galloway | Sabinson |
Ron Hargrave | Grayson |
Ray Hyke | Ryan |
John Kennedy | Bob |
Henry Kulky | Dawson |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel G. Engel | Producer |