The Big Sky | |
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Directed by | Howard Hawks |
Screenplay by | Dudley Nichols |
Based on | The Big Sky 1949 novel by A.B. Guthrie Jr. |
Produced by | Howard Hawks |
Starring | Kirk Douglas Dewey Martin Elizabeth Threatt Arthur Hunnicutt |
Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
Edited by | Christian Nyby |
Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | Winchester Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.65 million (US rentals)[2] |
The Big Sky is a 1952 American Western film produced and directed by Howard Hawks and written by Dudley Nichols, based on the novel of the same name by A.B. Guthrie Jr. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt and Arthur Hunnicutt, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Though not considered among Hawks's major achievements by most critics, the film was chosen by Jonathan Rosenbaum for his alternative list of the Top 100 American Films.