Title: The Big Studio
Product review: That's what they might have called this film, directed by the great Howard Hawks, but a poor job nonetheless. There is scarcely a single believable scene, just contrived rivalries between trading scows and upset Injuns during a Missouri River run in the early 19th century. More than half the action takes place at night but apparently Hawks had a phobia about night-shooting outdoors, and the sets are lousy. If he had tried day-for-night it would have added to the realism and made a little better film.
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