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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.
Keywords
based on novel or book
based on true story
historical figure
interracial relationship
riverboat
scientific expedition
native american tribe
usa history
louisiana purchase
native american culture
1800s
Casts
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)
Ralph Moody
Chief Le Borgne (uncredited)
William Phipps
Night Camp Sentry (uncredited)
Walter Reed
Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Tom (uncredited)
Helen Wallace
Mrs. Martha Hancock (uncredited)
Crews
Rudolph Maté
Director
Hans J. Salter
Original Music Composer
Edmund H. North
Screenplay
Winston Miller
Screenplay
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
William Williams
Second Unit Director of Photography
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Otto Siegel
Set Decoration
Charles C. Coleman
Second Unit Director
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Donald R. O. Hatswell
Technical Advisor
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Gene Garvin
Sound Recordist
William H. Pine
Producer
William C. Thomas
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Della Gould Emmons
Novel
Frank Bracht
Editor
Bob Herron
Stunts
Backdrops & Posters
