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River of No Return

1954 film by Otto Preminger
Movie film Q1470997
River of No Return
Otto Preminger · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

River of No Return is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,529 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Otto Preminger[3], Jean Negulesco[4], Paul Helmick[5]
  • Screenwriter: Frank Fenton[6]
  • Composer: Cyril J. Mockridge[7]
  • Genre: Western film[8], action film[9]
  • Cast member: Robert Mitchum[10], Marilyn Monroe[11], Tommy Rettig[12], Rory Calhoun[13], Murvyn Vye[14], Douglas Spencer[15], Don Beddoe[16], Barbara Nichols[17], Will Wright[18], Arthur Shields[19], Fred Aldrich[20], Ralph Sanford[21], Hank Mann[22], Edmund Cobb[23]
  • Producer: Stanley Rubin[24]
  • Production company: 20th Century Studios[25]
  • Director of photography: Joseph LaShelle[26]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
  • Commons category: River of No Return[28]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[29]
  • Review score: 5.8/10[30], 57%[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: April 30, 1954[34]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[35], Xfinity Streampix[36]
  • Narrative location: Idaho[37]
  • Filming location: Alberta[38]
  • Film editor: Louis R. Loeffler[39]
  • Described by source: The 200 films to see before you almost grow up[40]
  • Title: River of No Return[41]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[42]
  • Duration: 91 minutes[43]
  • Set in period: 19th century[44]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[45]

Why It Matters

River of No Return has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Related Entities

film Jean Negulesco Marilyn Monroe Otto Preminger Robert Mitchum Tommy Rettig United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Q117078425. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Ontogon · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'h
    Sitelink count → 31
    P14403 → 104164
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14403: 104164"
  2. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Idaho
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Narrative location: Idaho, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788623587831"
  3. 6w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14808 → 17104
    P14552 → 2030039784
    Allmovie title id → am7294
    Personality database work id → 39458
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Personality database work id: 39458, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322268265|River of No Return (#322268265)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8402|Perso"
  4. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14776 → 24814
    Set in period → 19th century
    P14778 → River-of-No-Return
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  5. 9w ago · Ontogon · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 8062422
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  6. 14w ago · Ontogon · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14487 → eiga/film/133500
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  7. 14w ago · Ontogon · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14581 → 2715
    Cinemarx title id (archived) → River-of-No-Return-Fluviul-fară-ȋntoarcere-9942, 1936
    P14523 → T0009374
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14581: 2715"
  8. 14w ago · Ontogon · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 775
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  9. 16w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → river-of-no-return
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: river-of-no-return, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295963433|RIVER OF NO RETURN (#295963433)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|I"
  10. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14449 → 5399
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  11. 21w ago · Ontogon · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Country of origin → United States
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+91'}
    Described by source → The 200 films to see before you almost grow up
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14390: river-of-no-return-1954"
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