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Bend of the River

Year:

1952

Duration:

87 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Western

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Anthony Mann

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1952-02-13

Filming Locations: Columbia River, Oregon, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Frances Bavier

James Stewart

Glyn McLyntock

Arthur Kennedy

Emerson Cole

Rock Hudson

Trey Wilson

Jay C. Flippen

Jeremy Baile

Julie Adams

Laura Baile (as Julia Adams)

Lori Nelson

Marjie Baile

Chubby Johnson

Cap'n Mello

Stepin Fetchit

Adam (as Stepin' Fetchit)

Harry Morgan

Shorty (as Henry Morgan)

Howard Petrie

Tom Hendricks

Jack Lambert

Red

Royal Dano

Long Tom

Frank Chase

Wasco

Cliff Lyons

Willie

Frank Ferguson

Tom Grundy

Victor Adamson

Barfly (uncredited)

Harry Arnie

Barker (uncredited)

Gregg Barton

Miner (uncredited)

Charles Bennett

Young Man (uncredited)

Manuel Thomas Golemis

Miner (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Barfly (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Barker (uncredited)

Ethan Laidlaw

Barfly (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Prospector (uncredited)

Dal McKennon

Miner (uncredited)

Jennings Miles

Lock (uncredited)

Ron Myron

Man at Settlement Camp (uncredited)

George North

Trapper (uncredited)

Hugh Prosser

Johnson (uncredited)

Richard Randlett

Man at Settlement Camp (uncredited)

Lillian Randolph

Aunt Tildy (uncredited)

Cap Somers

Townsman (uncredited)

George Taylor

Prospector (uncredited)

Albertine V. West

Woman at Settlement Camp (uncredited)

Britt Wood

Roustabout (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

While in Portland, Tom Grundy (played by Frank Ferguson) asks Emerson Cole (Arthur Kennedy) "Don't I know you?" In Man of the West (1958), Ferguson--playing the sheriff of Crosscut--asks Gary Cooper the same question.

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Studio executives were unsure if British audiences would understand the title and changed the syntax to "Where the River Bends."

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James Stewart was so upset when Rock Hudson received more cheering and applause at the premiere that he vowed never to talk to the actor again, let along work with him - and he never did.

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Goofs

After Glyn blows out the lantern with his bare hand, he lowers the globe. It should be very hot to touch.

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After dropping off a party to cross over Mt Hood, the paddlewheeler captain indicated that the was taking the boat back to the Mississippi river. This would entail going all the way around South America. A paddlewheel boat would not be capable of such a journey.

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The heroes pass the same large, flat, rock formation twice during the trek with supplies.

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Quotes

Glyn McLyntock: Always point this (the wagon tongue) toward the North Star. Then come morning, we'll know where we're going.

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Glyn McLyntock: I thought we were out of Cheyenne country. What do you make of that?

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Jeremy Baile: Good country, Glyn.

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