Cow Island, Montana
Cow Island lies in a left turning bend of the Missouri River, in the area known as the Missouri River Breaks.
The island is formed by sediments that are seasonally washed out from the mouths of Cow Creek and Bull Creek, which enter the Missouri River just upstream from Cow Island.
The island is about 1.2 miles long and averages about 150 yards in width.
It is located in extreme northern Fergus County, but lies across the river from extreme southern Blaine County, to its east.
Cow Island was significant in Montana's pre- and early history period as a Missouri River ford, and during the segment of Montana territorial history from about the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s, when it was used as a trans- shipment point for freight going upstream by steamboat to Fort Benton Montana.
Cow Island's historic significance is related to its geographic location.
Access to the Missouri River was difficult along a 200- mile stretch of river, because the Missouri breaks form a barrier to travel on each side of the river.
However, a travel route known as the Cow Island Trail went north from Cow Island up Cow Creek, by- passing the breaks and emerging onto the Montana plains.
This outlet through the Missouri Breaks caused Cow Island to be utilized as a historic Missouri River ford in the Missouri Breaks area.
Starting in the 1860s this access route also caused Cow Island to become a steamboat landing site from which freight was moved up Cow Creek on the Cow Island Trail to Fort Benton and other destinations.
During the Nez Perce War in 1877 the Nez Perce forded the Missouri at Cow Island, and it became the site of the Battle of Cow Island.
Michael Gordon (film director)
Michael Gordon( born Irving Kunin Gordon; September 6, 1909 – April 29, 1993) was an American stage actor and stage and film director.
Man in Hiding
Man in Hiding or The Man in Hiding is the title of two films:
Arthur Penn
Arthur Hiller Penn (September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010) was an American director and producer of film, television and theater.
Closely associated with the American New Wave, Penn directed critically acclaimed films throughout the 1960s such as the drama "The Chase" (1966), the biographical crime film "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) and the comedy "Alice's Restaurant" (1969).
He also got attention for his revisionist Western "Little Big Man" (1970).
By the mid-1970s his films were received with much less enthusiasm.
In the 1990s he returned to stage and television direction and production, including an executive producer role for the crime series "Law & Order".
By his death in 2010, he had been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Director, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, two Emmys, and two Directors Guild of America Awards.
He was the recipient of several honorary accolades, including a Honorary Golden Bear, a Tony Award, and an Akira Kurosawa Award from the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Elliott Kastner
Elliott Kastner( January 7, 1930 – June 30, 2010) was an American film producer, whose best known credits include" Where Eagles Dare"( 1968)," The Long Goodbye"( 1973)," The Missouri Breaks"( 1976) and" Angel Heart"( 1987).
The Missouri Breaks
The Missouri Breaks is a 1976 American epic Western film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson.
The film was directed by Arthur Penn, with supporting performances by Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam, and Kathleen Lloyd.
The score was composed by John Williams.
The title of the movie refers to a forlorn and very rugged area of north -central Montana, where over eons, the Missouri River has made countless deep cuts or" breaks" in the land.
William P. Sullivan
William P. Sullivan was an attorney and a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate.
Woman in Hiding
Woman in Hiding is a 1949 film noir crime film directed by Michael Gordon starring Ida Lupino, Stephen McNally and Howard Duff.
Kathleen Lloyd
Kathleen Lloyd( born Kathleen Gackle; September 13, 1948, Santa Clara, California) is an American actress known for her role as the female lead in" The Missouri Breaks"( 1976), opposite Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson.
She also appeared in the horror films" The Car"( 1977) and" It Lives Again"( 1978).
William McKenna
William" Bill" McKenna( born August 29, 1946) is a former American Democratic politician who served in the Missouri Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, McKenna graduated from St. Louis University High School and Southeast Missouri State University with a bachelor's degree in education.
He served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1968 until 1974.
His son Ryan McKenna has also served in the Missouri Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives while his father J. Glennon McKenna served in the Missouri House of Representatives in the 1940s.
He is also related to T. J. McKenna who has served in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Question: Are the directors of films Woman In Hiding and The Missouri Breaks both from the same country?
Answer: yes