# River of No Return (1954)

> A rugged river journey turns a frontier father, his son, and an abandoned saloon singer into an uneasy survival family amid gold-rush danger.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1305

## Facts

- Runtime: 91 min
- Genres: Adventure, Western
- Director: Otto Preminger
- Cast: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer, Fred Aldrich, Claire Andre
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047422/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: scenic, rugged, tense, classic western night, adventure movie afternoon

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- [Across the Wide Missouri (1951)](https://ember.film/movie/21421)
- [The Mountain Men (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/52992)
- [The Hanging Tree (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/27927)
- [Ride the High Country (1962)](https://ember.film/movie/22448)
- [North to Alaska (1960)](https://ember.film/movie/3582)
- [The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)](https://ember.film/movie/2042)
- [Westbound (1959)](https://ember.film/movie/73412)

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