La rivière en question réunit un fermier récemment sorti de prison, son jeune fils et une chanteuse de saloon ambitieuse. Afin de survivre, chacun d'entre eux doit laisser de côté sa colère ... Tout lireLa rivière en question réunit un fermier récemment sorti de prison, son jeune fils et une chanteuse de saloon ambitieuse. Afin de survivre, chacun d'entre eux doit laisser de côté sa colère et apprendre à comprendre et prendre soin les uns des autres.La rivière en question réunit un fermier récemment sorti de prison, son jeune fils et une chanteuse de saloon ambitieuse. Afin de survivre, chacun d'entre eux doit laisser de côté sa colère et apprendre à comprendre et prendre soin les uns des autres.
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This was an interesting film, a western that covers a very short period of time about a man released from prison to pick up his son and start a farm in gold mining country. Marilyn Monroe, who is gorgeous as ever in this film, is a saloon singer in the closest town. Her and her gambler boyfriend are headed to a larger city to make a claim on some land that he won gambling. On the way down the river on a raft they get themselves in trouble and our farmer along with his son save them...only to have their kindness repaid by the gambler stealing their only horse and only gun...leaving them at the mercy of the natives who seem to be on a war path of destruction. This leaves the farmer, played by Robert Mitchum, Marilyn and the farmer's son defenseless and on the run from the natives. Down the river they head...
This film was filled with action...including a mountain lion attack! There is also a moral story about leaving people, especially children defenseless.
The end is pretty fun and makes this film worth it. If you are a western fan or a fan of either Marilyn Monroe or Robert Mitchum, I recommend giving it a watch.
He knew all about her psychological problems and when it came time to do a film with her when both became screen legends, Mitchum was not about to get himself involved. That probably helped because during the shooting Marilyn and director Otto Preminger stopped speaking and would only communicate through Mitchum.
Marilyn's a saloon gal involved with a no good gambler/drifter in Rory Calhoun. Calhoun and Monroe nearly drown on a river when Mitchum rescues them and their raft. No good deed goes unpunished so Calhoun takes Mitchum's horse and Mitchum, Monroe, and Mitchum's son Tommy Rettig use the raft to go after him. They're kind of forced to because the Indians are on the warpath.
She's certainly quite a distraction for a man on a mission and at one point Mitchum does give into lust ever so briefly. Which does make River of No Return one of the more realistic westerns ever done.
Twentieth Century Fox decided to go whole hog on this one, shooting the film up in Banff. But with Marilyn and Otto feuding it was not a happy set. Otto walked off the picture and Jean Negulesco finished it out. Joe DiMaggio flew up to the set because of rumors of Mitchum and Marilyn, that were completely unfounded, but Joe was the jealous type. As for Mitchum legend has it that he and another legendary drinker, Murvyn Vye, killed many a bottle during the long evenings.
Done in cinemascope and 3-D, River of No Return should be seen on the big screen. Not even a letterbox DVD does it justice. And 3-D was definitely the medium for Monroe. Marilyn even has some nice songs to sing in this one.
It's not a great western, still it's entertaining enough especially in those rafting sequences. But it was a film Otto Preminger shuddered about when recalling.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesBoth Otto Preminger and Marilyn Monroe were forced to do the film against their will due to contractual obligations. They both expressed their frustration over the script, which they considered below par. However, the film was a box office hit upon its release and remains a popular classic western.
- GaffesAfter making it down the rapids, Matt Calder's and Kay Weston's clothes are clinging and soaking wet. In the very first shot on still water, their clothes are clean, dry, and ironed.
- Citations
Kay Weston: This country is crawling with Indians, and you're going fishing.
Matt Calder: There are lots of ways to die. Starving to death isn't my favorite.
- Versions alternativesWhen originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'U' rating. All cuts were waived in 1987 when the film was granted a 'PG' certificate for home video.
- ConnexionsEdited into Spisok korabley (2008)
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 2 195 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut mondial
- 8 757 $US
- Durée1 heure 31 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 2.55 : 1