The River's Edge

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The River's Edge
Original movie poster
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	James Leicester, Harold Jacob Smith (story) "The Highest Mountain"
Produced by	Benedict E. Bogeaus
Starring	Ray Milland Anthony Quinn Debra Paget
Cinematography	Harold Lipstein
Edited by	James Leicester
Music by	Louis Forbes
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	April 11, 1957 (1957-04-11)
Running time	87 minutes
Language	English

The River's Edge is a 1957 film noir adventure, crime, and drama DeLuxe CinemaScope film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn and Debra Paget. The picture is based on the unpublished short story "The Higher Mountain" by Harold Jacob Smith.^[1] Location filming was done in Amecameca and Iztaccihuatl in Mexico.^[2] The supporting cast features Harry Carey, Jr. and Chubby Johnson.

Plot[]

Ben Cameron (Anthony Quinn) and wife Meg (Debra Paget) struggle to build their small ranch in New Mexico desert. Bad guy bank robber Nardo Denning (Ray Milland) arrives in New Mexico looking for his girlfriend and her husband. At gunpoint, Nardo forces the couple to guide him safely to Mexico with the stolen money. Meg has a past with Nardo which her husband does not know.

Cast[]

Ray Milland as Nardo Denning
Anthony Quinn as Ben Cameron
Debra Paget as Meg Cameron
Harry Carey, Jr. as Chet
Chubby Johnson as Whiskers
Byron Foulger as Barry
Tom McKee as U.S. Border Patrol Captain
Frank Gerstle as Harry Castleton

References[]

^ "The River's Edge (1957) - Screenplay Info". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
^ [1] Archived October 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

The River's Edge at IMDb
The River's Edge at AllMovie
The River's Edge at the TCM Movie Database
The River's Edge (movies.yahoo.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived May 22, 2011)

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The River's Edge

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