Across the Wide Missouri is a 1951 American western movie directed by William A. Wellman and was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Bernard DeVoto. It stars Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalbán, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Napier, George Chandler, Richard Anderson, James Whitmore, Howard Keel and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.