The Far Horizons (1955)
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.
- Date of release
- 1955-07-04
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Western
- Director
- Rudolph Maté
Casting
- Fred MacMurray — Cpt. Meriwether Lewis
- Charlton Heston — Lt. William Clark
- Donna Reed — Sacajawea
- Barbara Hale — Julia Hancock
- William Demarest — Sgt. Gass
- Alan Reed — Charbonneau
- Eduardo Noriega — Chief Cameahwait
- Larry Pennell — Wild Eagle
- Herbert Heyes — President Thomas Jefferson
- Lester Matthews — Mr. Hancock
- Argentina Brunetti — Shoshone Woman (uncredited)
- Julia Montoya — Crow Woman (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Far Horizons is a 1955 American historical Western film directed by Rudolph Maté about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It is based on 1943 novel Sacajawea of the Shoshones by Della Gould Emmons and stars Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed and Barbara Hale.
Production
The film was known during production as The Blue Horizon. It was shot at Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
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