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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Rudolph Maté
Director
Winston Miller
Screenplay
Edmund H. North
Screenplay
Della Gould Emmons
Novel
Frank Bracht
Editor
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
William McGarry
Assistant Director
William C. Thomas
Producer
William H. Pine
Producer
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Charles C. Coleman
Second Unit Director
William Williams
Second Unit Director of Photography
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Gene Garvin
Sound Recordist
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Hans J. Salter
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Otto Siegel
Set Decoration
Donald R. O. Hatswell
Technical Advisor
Bob Herron
Stunts
A. Earl Hedrick
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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