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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,
Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.
Apr 30, 1954 Wide
May 14, 2002
20th Century Fox
All Critics (13) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (5) | DVD (14)
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.
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.
Director Otto Preminger has thrown all the grandeur and menace of these features upon the eye-filling CinemaScope screen.
It's an awfully creaky story but the superb performances and Preminger's amazing use of widescreen make it a must-see.
Marilyn turns in a surprisingly okay performance.
Director Otto Preminger's only western is a simple, frequently charming, and beautifully photographed film blessed with fine performances and great teamwork from Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe.
Despite some pretty locations and occasional tension, there's little going on.
Some decent performances, but with this story they didn't have much of a chance.
There really is no return.
It's fun watching Mitchum and Monroe heat things up in the Old West; Monroe is at her most luminous as a saloon singer with a heart of gold.
It's an awfully creaky story, but the superb performances, Preminger's use of wide screen and the sight of Monroe in a pair of blue jeans make it a must-see.
Typical of the genre
A western. A Marilyn Monroe flick. Of course I had to see this. And it was just as bad as I was expecting. Now I usually don't demerit a film for bad "special effects" but this was a little absurd. I mean, was I ever supposed to believe Marilyn was on that raft? I don't see how. Awful. And when the Native American
July 2, 2010
Super Reviewer
marilyn didn't want to make this which explains her sometime stiff performance but when she sings she's luminous and her interaction with robert mitchum and tommy rettig is good. the cinematography is beautiful, make sure to watch it in widescreen.
March 27, 2007
Super Reviewer
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