Red Skies of Montana

Red Skies of Montana

The "Smoke Jumpers" hit the screen in Red Skies of Montana

NR 1952 · 99 min · ★ 6.0 · Adventure, Drama, Romance

When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service, is flown to the scene from their regional headquarters in Missoula, Montana. The Forest Rangers, under Cliff Mason, put out the blaze, but several of the fire-fighters are killed. Ed Miller, son of one of the dead rangers, thinks he died because Mason was a coward, and sets out to prove it.

Directed by Joseph M. Newman · Written by Arthur Cohn

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Richard Widmark Cliff Mason
Constance Smith Peg Mason
Jeffrey Hunter Edward J. (Ed) Miller
Richard Boone Richard 'Dick' Dryer
Warren Stevens Steve Burgess
James Griffith Boise Peterson
Joe Sawyer R. A. 'Pop' Miller
Robert Adler McMullen (uncredited)
Parley Baer Doctor Henry (uncredited)
Charles Bronson Neff (uncredited)
Harry Carter Ken Philippe (uncredited)
John Close Lewisohn (uncredited)

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