The River's Edge

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The River's Edge (1957)

NR 04/11/1957 (US) Adventure, Crime 1h 27m

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It was kill ... or be killed ... all the way down to The River's Edge.

Overview

A murderous thief on the run with stolen loot forces a poor rancher to guide him across the desert into Mexico. Accompanying them is the rancher's wife, who happens to be the killer's former girlfriend.

Harold Jacob Smith

Screenplay, Story
Allan Dwan

Director
James Leicester

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Top Billed Cast

Ray Milland

Nardo Denning
Anthony Quinn

Ben Cameron
Debra Paget

Meg Cameron
Harry Carey, Jr.

Chet
Chubby Johnson

Whiskers
Byron Foulger

Floyd Barry (as Byron K. Foulger)
Tom McKee

U.S. Border Patrol Captain
Frank Gerstle

Harry Castleton
Lee Morgan

Sheriff Lee (uncredited)
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on January 5, 2019

I'm just a farmer, Denning, I don't know what the word "impeccable" means. If it means what it sounds like, uh, congratulations.

The River's Edge is directed by Allan Dwan and adapted to screenplay by James Leicester from the story "The Highest Mountain" written by Harold Jacob Smith. It stars Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn and Debra Paget. A CinemaScope production with colour by De Luxe, music is by Louis Forbes and cinematography by Harold Lipstein.

Ben Cameron (Quinn) and his wife Meg (Paget) are struggling to make their New Mexico ranch function as a happy working home. Enter shifty Na... read the rest.

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