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River of No Return
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
1954 · Directed by Otto Preminger · 91 min · Adventure · Western · 8 frames
Tagline
Reckless, Roaring, Adventure of the Great Northwest Gold Rush Days!
Crew
- Screenplay: Frank Fenton
- Cinematography: Joseph LaShelle
- Edited by: Louis R. Loeffler
- Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
- Produced by: Stanley Rubin
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Matt Calder
- Marilyn Monroe as Kay Weston
- Rory Calhoun as Harry Weston
- Tommy Rettig as Mark Calder
- Murvyn Vye as Dave Colby
- Douglas Spencer as Sam Benson
- Fred Aldrich as Prospector (uncredited)
- Claire Andre as Surrey Driver (uncredited)
- Hal Baylor as Young Punk (uncredited)
- Don Beddoe as Ben (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: 20th Century Fox
- Budget: $2,195,000
- Box office: $3,820,291
- Themes: farm, small town, saloon, gambling, river, lover, gold rush, puma, singer, 19th century
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