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Director
  
Allan Dwan

Producer
  
Benedict Bogeaus

Duration
  

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Crime, Drama

Production
  
20th Century Fox

Language
  
English

The Rivers Edge movie poster
Release date
  
April 11, 1957 (1957-04-11)

Writer
  
Harold Jacob Smith (screenplay), James Leicester (screenplay), Harold Jacob Smith (story)

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))

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Former hunting guide Ben Cameron (Anthony Quinn), now a rancher, struggles with his new profession and with keeping his feisty younger wife, ex-convict Meg (Debra Paget), distracted. Frustrated by the difficulties of ranch life, Meg quarrels constantly with Ben. When Megs former criminal partner, Nardo Denning (Ray Milland) who turned her in to avoid arrest shows up at the ranch, Ben unknowingly allows the pair to go off, sparking a series of threatening events.

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The Rivers Edge is a 1957 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 The picture is based on the unpublished short story "The Higher Mountain" by Harold Jacob Smith. Location filming was done in Amecacameca and Iztaccihuatl in Mexico. The supporting cast features Harry Carey, Jr. and Chubby Johnson.

Ben Cameron (Anthony Quinn) and wife Meg (Debra Paget) struggle to build their small ranch in New Mexico desert. Bad guy 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 doesn't know.

Plot summary

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.

Casts

  • 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 Rivers Edge Wikipedia
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    The Rivers Edge IMDb The Rivers Edge themoviedb.org