River of No Return overview
Overall Rating
Total Ratings: 1
Synopsis:
Director Otto Preminger's only western, River of No Return is set in Canada during the 19th century Gold Rush. Farmer Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) is released from prison after serving a sentence for shooting a man in the back to protect a friend. He arrives in a small town to retrieve his young son, Mark (Tommy Rettig), who has befriended a sultry saloon singer, Kay (Marilyn Monroe). Matt is also friendly with Kay, and thanks her profusely for looking after Mark, but distrusts her paramour, Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun)- a gambler with the morals of an alley cat.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Otto Preminger
- Studio: Stanley Rubin, 20th Century Fox
- Year: 1954
- Run Time: 91 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Western
- Filmed in: Color
