Drama ·History ·Western · United States of America · 1955 · 1h 48m

The Far Horizons

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Director
Rudolph Maté
Cast
Fred MacMurray as Cpt. Meriwether Lewis Charlton Heston as Lt. William Clark Donna Reed as Sacajawea Barbara Hale as Julia Hancock William Demarest as Sgt. Gass Alan Reed as Charbonneau
Crew
Daniel L. Fapp — Director of Photography Frank Bracht — Editor Hans J. Salter — Original Music Composer Winston Miller — Screenplay Edmund H. North — Screenplay Della Gould Emmons — Novel
Synopsis

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookbased on true storyhistorical figureinterracial relationshipriverboatscientific expeditionnative american tribeusa history19th centurylouisiana purchasenative american culture
Key Collaborators
Rudolph Maté Director Daniel L. Fapp Director of Photography Frank Bracht Editor Hans J. Salter Original Music Composer Winston Miller Screenplay Edmund H. North Screenplay Della Gould Emmons Novel William C. Thomas Producer William H. Pine Producer Edith Head Costume Design
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