River of No Return

River of No Return

6.7IMDb Score
Released:1954-04-30
Genre:Adventure, Western
Duration:91 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Otto Preminger
Actors:Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye
Production:20th Century Fox

Overview:

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

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