Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.Major John Wesley Powell leads an expedition through the Grand Canyon to chart the Colorado River.
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Roy Barcroft
- Jim Baker
- (uncredited)
Jack Big Head
- Ashtishkel
- (uncredited)
Pat Hogan
- Indian chief
- (uncredited)
Dawn Little Sky
- Indian woman
- (uncredited)
Ray Walker
- McSpadden
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe 22nd Live-Action film produced by Disney.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Cinema Snob: 1960 in Film (2022)
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Low-rent Disney...but it does have Brian Keith
Supposedly factual account of the first group of men to explore the mysterious Colorado River, led by one-armed Civil War Major John Wesley Powell. Disney-made adventure isn't well-produced or well-written, but it does have a sort of ambling charm. Brian Keith is terrific as usual playing a grizzled amateur astrologist, Ben Johnson lends his solid support, but who is responsible for casting John Beal as Powell? He's unbearably wooden and has about as much screen-appeal as a desert tortoise. Overall, pretty slack, and not likely to engage youngsters.
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- moonspinner55
- Sep 20, 2001
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- The Colorado Experiment
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- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75: 1
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