Fresh
The striking beauties of the Canadian Rockies co-star with the blonde charms of Marilyn Monroe and the masculine muscles of Robert Mitchum in River of No Return.
Variety Staff, Variety
River of No Return
Reckless, Roaring, Adventure of the Great Northwest Gold Rush Days!
1954 · 1h 31m · Approved
Adventure, Western
Directed by
Otto Preminger
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River of No Return
Overview
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Director and cast
- Otto Preminger Director
- 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
- Will Wright as Trading Post Proprietor
- Fred Aldrich as Prospector (uncredited)
- Don Beddoe as Ben
- Claire Andre as Surrey Driver (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the first films to discover the potential of CinemaScope and a fine example of Preminger's rational approach to the mysteries of personal morality.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Director Otto Preminger has thrown all the grandeur and menace of these features upon the eye-filling CinemaScope screen.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
There really is no return.
Time Out
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