The Big Sky (film)

Not to be confused with Big Sky (film) or Big Sky (American TV series).

The Big Sky
Film poster
Directed byHoward Hawks
Screenplay byDudley Nichols
Based onThe Big Sky
1949 novel
by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Produced byHoward Hawks
StarringKirk Douglas
Dewey Martin
Elizabeth Threatt
Arthur Hunnicutt
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byChristian Nyby
Music byDimitri Tiomkin
Production
company
Winchester Pictures Corporation
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • July 29, 1952 (1952-07-29) (Premiere-Chicago)[1]
  • August 19, 1952 (1952-08-19) (US)[1]
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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 film does not have the same tragic ending as the book. 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.

  1. ^ a b "The Big Sky: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
  2. ^ "Top Grossers of 1952". Variety. January 7, 1953. p. 61.