River of No Return
by Jean Negulesco, Otto Preminger
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Actor: Marilyn Monroe, Murvyn Vye, Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun, Tommy RettigDirector: Jean Negulesco, Otto Preminger
Cinematographer: Joseph LaShelle
Editor: Louis R. Loeffler
Producer: Stanley Rubin
Writer: Frank Fenton
Writer: Louis Lantz
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.55:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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DVD Review: "River of No Return (1954) ... Otto Preminger ... 20th Century Fox (2002)"
Summary: 4 Stars
20th Century Fox presents "RIVER OF NO RETURN" (1954) (91 min/Color) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- 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 of shady morals --- Matt and Mark return to their rural homestead, but soon glimpse Kay and Harry on a sinking raft, apparently en route to make good on a gold claim; Matt rescues the two of them, but doesn't count on Harry doing an about face, beating him up, and stealing his horse and gun --- Kay stays behind to look after Matt. Meanwhile, the Indians go on the warpath, and the defenseless trio decides to seek refuge by fleeing the farm and sailing down the river on a raft.
Filmed in gorgeous Technicolor and CinemaScope with a larger budget, due to the star power involved in the project --- Much of it would be filmed in Banff and Jasper National Parks and Lake Louise in Alberta, turning out to be an exceptional western/adventure.
Under the production staff of:
Otto Preminger [Director]
Frank Fenton [Screenwriter]
Louis Lantz [Story]
Stanley Rubin [Producer]
Cyril J. Mockridge [Original Music]
Leigh Harline (Original Music]
Joseph LaShelle [Cinematographer]
Louis R. Loeffler [Film Editor]
BIOS:
1. Otto Ludwig Preminger [Director]
Date of Birth: 5 December 1905 - Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now Wyschnyzja, Ukraine))
Date of Death: 23 April 1986 - New York City, New York
2. Robert Mitchum [aka: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum]
Date of Birth: 6 August 1917 - Bridgeport, Connecticut
Date of Death: 1 July 1997 - Santa Barbara, California
3. Marilyn Monroe [aka: Norma Jeane Mortenson]
Date of Birth: 1 June 1926 - Los Angeles, California
Date of Death: 5 August 1962 - Los Angeles, California
4. Rory Calhoun [aka: Francis Timothy Cuthbert]
Date of Birth: 8 August 1922 - Los Angeles, California
Date of Death: 28 April 1999 - Burbank, California
5. Tommy Rettig
Date of Birth: 10 December 1941 - Queens, New York
Date of Death: 15 February 1996 - Marina del Rey, California
the cast includes:
Robert Mitchum - Matt Calder
Marilyn Monroe - Kay Weston
Rory Calhoun - Harry Weston
Tommy Rettig - Mark Calder
Murvyn Vye - Dave Colby
Douglas Spencer - Sam Benson
Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 4 Stars
Performance: 4 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 4 Stars
Overall: 4 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]
Total Time: 91 min on DVD ~ 20th Century Fox ~ (05/14/2002)
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