RIVER OF NO RETURN

Ex-con Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) wants to start all over again out west with his son, Mark (Tommy Rettig). They run into Kay Weston (Marilyn Monroe), who is looking for her no-account husband (Rory Calhoun). Their quests flow together on the fatefully named river, with director Otto Preminger bringing his theatrical sensibility to the nuanced plot and symbolic staging. Shot on location in the Canadian Rockies, Preminger’s first attempt at widescreen aesthetics was also one of the first CinemaScope westerns. “Somehow it embraces more,” Preminger said. “We see more widely, and it fits into long takes better.” DIR Otto Preminger; SCR Frank Fenton; PROD Stanley Rubin. U.S., 1954, color, 91 min. NOT RATED

Also part of CinemaScope Summer.

Run Time: 91 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, August 21, 2026

Genre: Western

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