Review of River of No Return (1954) by William W — 18 Oct 2014
I was really pleasantly surprised by this Otto Preminger film starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum. It was sad for me, when Marilyn's character tells the boy to talk to her in ten years and he'll understand what she means about men, as she would take her life just nine years after that film.
Had the Hollywood ending been removed (of Mitchum and her ending up together), the finale of her sadly returning to the saloon and in a darker and more grave manner singing 'River of No Return', with the camera backing away, it would have sorrowfully mirrored her life.
A recommended very unique film.
This review of River of No Return (1954) was written by William W on 18 Oct 2014.
River of No Return has generally received positive reviews.
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