River of No Return (1954)

Directors

Otto Preminger

Cast

Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer

The story

thumb|alt=Black and white promotional image of Tommy Rettig and Robert Mitchum in the 1954 film River of No Return|left|Robert Mitchum with Tommy Rettig in a scene from the film Set in the Northwestern United States in 1875, the film focuses on taciturn widower Matt Calder, who has recently been released from prison for killing a man while defending another. He arrives in a boomtown tent city to find his nine-year-old son Mark, who had been left with dance hall singer Kay after the man Matt hired to deliver him abandoned the boy. Matt promises Mark a life of hunting, fishing, and farming on their homestead.

Genres

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