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Red Skies of Montana

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Richard Widmark

    Richard Widmark

    Cliff Mason

  • Constance Smith

    Constance Smith

    Peg Mason

  • Jeffrey Hunter

    Jeffrey Hunter

    Edward J. (Ed) Miller

  • Richard Boone

    Richard Boone

    Richard 'Dick' Dryer

  • Warren Stevens

    Warren Stevens

    Steve Burgess

  • James Griffith

    James Griffith

    Boise Peterson

  • Joe Sawyer

    Joe Sawyer

    R. A. 'Pop' Miller

  • Robert Adler

    Robert Adler

    McMullen (uncredited)

  • Parley Baer

    Parley Baer

    Doctor Henry (uncredited)

Overview

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.

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