---
title: 'River of No Return (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otto Preminger'
released: '1954-04-30'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/river-of-no-return-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047422/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# River of No Return (1954)

1954 · 91 min · Western, Action · United States


## Synopsis

River of No Return is a 1954 American Western film directed by Otto Preminger and starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. The screenplay by Frank Fenton is based on a story by Louis Lantz, who borrowed his premise from the 1948 Italian film Bicycle Thieves. The picture was shot on location in the Canadian Rockies in Technicolor and CinemaScope and released by 20th Century Fox.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger), [Jean Negulesco](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-negulesco), [Paul Helmick](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-helmick)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank Fenton](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-fenton)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Cyril J. Mockridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-j-mockridge)
- **Producer:** [Stanley Rubin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-rubin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph LaShelle](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-lashelle)
- **Editor:** [Louis R. Loeffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-r-loeffler)

## Cast

- [Marilyn Monroe](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-monroe)
- [Rory Calhoun](https://cinepixo.com/people/rory-calhoun)
- [Tommy Rettig](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-rettig)
- [Don Beddoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-beddoe)
- [Hank Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-mann)
- [Ralph Sanford](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-sanford)
- [Barbara Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-nichols)
- [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum)
- [Edmund Cobb](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-cobb)
- [Murvyn Vye](https://cinepixo.com/people/murvyn-vye)
- [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright)
- [Douglas Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-spencer)
- [Arthur Shields](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-shields)
- [Fred Aldrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-aldrich)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/river-of-no-return-1954
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