River of No Return

Starring:Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer, Fred Aldrich, Claire Andre, Will Wright, Ann McCrea, John Doucette, Barbara Nichols, Jack Mather, Harry Seymour, Harry Wilson, John Veitch (II), Ralph Sanford, John Cliff, Jerome Schaeffer, Hal Baylor
Director: Jean Negulesco, Otto Preminger
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

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The dew of new stardom was still visible on Marilyn Monroe when she ventured up to Canada to shoot this sturdily entertaining CinemaScope Western. Although director Otto Preminger later claimed little interest in the picture, he couldn't help but bring his even-handed visual style to the widescreen process. The location shooting (in Alberta) is eye filling, and that river really does look alarming. Best of all, Marilyn, fresh and vital, had a costar to match her magnetism but not humor her sometimes-scattered approach to acting: Robert Mitchum, as a homesteader with a dark past. He's weighty enough to stand next to MM's bright flame without giving any ground; they should have worked together again. Since Marilyn plays a saloon singer, she gets to sling some tunes in her inimitable style, with as much glamour as the gold rush-era trappings will allow, giving "I'm Going to File My Claim" various meanings. --Robert Horton

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Haunting River of No Return
Mitchim offers a portrayal of total integrity with all the conviction of a Joel McCrea or Randolph Scott...
RIVER OF NO RETURN
Underrated Monroe vehicle
wild river

River of No Return
Starring: Robert Mitchum , Marilyn Monroe , Rory Calhoun , Tommy Rettig , and Murvyn Vye
Director: Jean Negulesco , and Otto Preminger
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ASIN: B000062XG7
Release Date: 2002-05-14

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Set against the majestic beauty of the great Northwest, Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) is a rugged widower with a questionable past who decides it's time to start a new life with his young son, Mark (Tommy Rettig). But their peaceful existence is sabotaged when Matt is robbed and pistol-whipped by cold-blooded gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun). Unexpectedly, Weston's fiancée, Kay (Marilyn Monroe) postpones her wedding so she can nurse Matt back to heath. In his pursuit to exact revenge at any cost, Matt takes Kay and Mark on a treacherous ride down a roaring river, where they're at the mercy of wild animals and a lawless frontier.

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Haunting River of No Return.......2007-01-11

The background music of this excellent film is beautifully haunting and very suited for the movie. We have watched this film AT LEAST 6 times and is on a par with The Duke's Rio Bravo.

Mitchim offers a portrayal of total integrity with all the conviction of a Joel McCrea or Randolph Scott..........2006-11-10

Perhaps because of his air of detachment, the typical Mitchum situation is one of being drawn into events... Otto Preminger's "River of No Return" is set in Northwest Canada, in savage Indian territory, in the gold rush days... The plot is weak but the scenery is spectacular and the action of the river dramatically powerful... Otto Preminger knew how to create tension and threat in the grandeur and menace of the Canadian Rockies...

The film opens in 1875 with widower Matt Calder (Mitchum), coming to town, where his ten-year-old son Mark (Tommy Rettig) is waiting for him... He has served a term in prison for shooting a man in the back, even though he shot the man only to keep him from murdering a friend... Mark has now been sent to join his father, who has bought a farm for them...

Mark has made the acquaintance of Kay (Marilyn Monroe), a saloon singer, while waiting for his father.... Calder thanks Kay for her kindness to his boy, and father and son depart for their farm...

One day, Calder sees Kay and gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun) in trouble on a raft in the river near his home... He helps them ashore and learns that Watson is in a hurry to get to town to register a gold claim... So eager is he that he steals his rescuer's only horse, and leaving his girl behind as well, rides away...

The predicament of those left is deepened by the fact that Indians are on a rampage and are due to attack the farm at any moment... The only way left to get to town is by a wild river...

Photographed in Technicolor and CinemaScope, the film is designed to exploit the splendors of the mountains, trees and rapid rivers plus the magnetic pleasant figure of Marilyn who is the only charming woman surrounded by two handsome men and a charming kid...

Marilyn sings 4 numbers in the film: "One Silver Dollar," "I'm Gonna File My Claim," "Down in the Meadow," and "The River of No Return."

The little boy, Tommy Rettig, played another big-scale Western, Delmer Daves' "The Last Wagon," with Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr, and Susan Kohner...

RIVER OF NO RETURN.......2006-08-26

VERY WELL WRITTEN AND PRODUCED. GOOD PERFORMANCES BY ALL THE MAJOR ACTORS, (MARILYN MONROE, ROBERT MITCHUM, TOMMY RETTIG, & RORY CALHOUN). CHET ATKINS GUITAR PERFECT FOR THE TITLE SONG.

Underrated Monroe vehicle.......2006-07-22

I very much enjoyed this movie.
It has something for everybody:beautiful scenery,great songs,the beauty of Marilyn,a bit of action,suspense.
The movie-going Public in the 50's did not enjoy Monroe in straight roles,and proved it by not buying many tickets to watch these films.
'Don't Bother to Knock','Niagara','The Misfits',and 'River of no Return' had very average Box-Office appeal.
However,i find this film pleasant to watch.The chemistry with Robert Mitchum works well.It is a nice touch to see Marilyn interact with a child (Rettig is doing a good job),but my favorite scenes are the ones at the Saloon.Monroe was doing her own singing,which was quite a rare occurance for actresses of that era.
Also something I found interesting,was the depiction of the Marilyn character,basically a 'Bad-girl' trying hard to be a 'Good-girl'.She plays it rather convincingly,in showing the dilemna of such an exercise.
To conclude,i believe that it is safe to say that this is not the best film of Preminger,but then again not his worst (calling..Skidoo ?)

wild river .......2006-06-03

This is the first Marilyn Monroe movie I saw in which she played a sophisticated character - a salon singer who gave her every penny for her untrustworthy boyfriend to file claim on a potential goldmine. And she played it well and sang beautifully.

The fact that the movie was shot in the picturesque Canada certainly helped. The roaring river and the rocky cliffs did not pale even when compared with River Wild (Meryl Streep) made decades later. Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe were a perfect couple. Two lonely souls in the west who deserved a better life.

For the superb cineamatography, the theme song (sang by Monroe during the movie and again at the end in a western cowboy style) and the leading characters, this is a movie to see.

Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)

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Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection (Bus Stop / How to Marry a Millionaire / There's No Business Like Show Business / Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / The Seven Year Itch / The Final Days)
The Prince and the Showgirl
Some Like It Hot (Collector's Edition)
The Misfits
We're Not Married

ASIN: B000062XG8
Release Date: 2002-05-14

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Some essential examples of the Marilyn Monroe mystique make up this second collection of titles from MM's years at Twentieth Century Fox. After sparkling in small roles, she burst upon the public consciousness in 1952, thanks to five films and a certain nude calendar. Two of the 1952 pictures, showing very different sides of the new actress, are included here. One is Monkey Business, Howard Hawks's raucous comedy about a youth serum, in which top-lined stars Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers regress to a state of adolescent abandon, with Monroe doing spot-on supporting duty. Don't Bother to Knock gives Marilyn her first lead role, in a tense little film noir; she's a babysitter with an unstable streak, a fine performance hinting at depths rarely touched in her career.

In Niagara, Monroe is a full-fledged sex goddess, a scheming wife tormenting husband Joseph Cotten in their cabin by the falls. This Technicolor slice of pseudo-Hitchcock is a fun location picture with a genuinely exciting climax. Otto Preminger's River of No Return has Marilyn livened up by the presence of costar Robert Mitchum, in a strong outdoorsy Western that catches the two stars in appealing form. By the time of 1960's Let's Make Love, MM looks tired. This backstage musical is more interesting as a time capsule than as a romance, although one number shines: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." Less urgent for Monroe fans than the first Diamond Collection, this set is still a good one for the die-hards. --Robert Horton

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Contains: *Don't Bother to Knock *Let's Make it Legal *Monkey Business *Niagra *River of No Return

Baywatch: Nightmare Bay/River of No Return

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Baywatch: Nightmare Bay/River of No Return
Starring: Pamela Anderson , Susan Anton , David Charvet , Nicole Eggert , and Erika Eleniak
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
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ASIN: B00000ILFP
Release Date: 1999-06-01

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Side 1: Nightmare Bay - When an underwater photographer is attacked inside a sea cave, she is saved by lifeguard Mitch Buchannon. The account of the attack is misconstrued and overblown by a newspaper reporter, and Mitch and the other Baywatch lifeguards find themselves dealing with a comical yet dangerous situation created by media hype and speculation that there is a "Creature in the Bay." Side 2: River of No Return - Raging rapids match the ocean surf for danger when Mitch heads for California's rugged Gold Country to investigate the death of his prospector uncle. David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Erika Eleniak

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The River Of No Return

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