Country: USA
Year: 1954
Duration: 91'
The widower Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) works a few acres of land reclaimed from the Indians and lives for his son Mark, who nevertheless considers him a coward because of a controversial episode in his past. After rescuing the adventurer Harry (Rory Calhoun) and his lover Kay (Marilyn Monroe), a saloon singer, from the raging waters, Matt is forced to flee from the Indians with his son and Kay, having been deprived of his rifle, stolen by Harry. The two men eventually meet again in town, where they confront each other in front of Mark, who is willing to do anything to save his father. A Western shot in dazzling, richly colored CinemaScope, the film was regarded as a minor work by both its director and Monroe (who sings One Silver Dollar to an audience of miners).
Biography
film director
Otto Preminger
(Wiznitz, Ukraine, 1905 - New York City, NY, USA, 1986) initially worked in theatre and directed his first feature film, The Great Love, in 1931. In 1935, Joseph Stack, the owner of Twentieth Century Fox, invited him to move to the United States. Preminger shot his first Hollywood film, Under Your Spell (1938), while he was also working as an actor for cinema and on Broadway. In 1940 he directed Laura, considered by many his masterpiece, and established himself, thanks to his next movies as well, as one of the maestros of noir. During the 1950s and ’60s, he directed some of the most famous American movies of the era – Angel Face (1952); The Moon Is Blue (1953); Carmen Jones (1954), which won prizes at Berlin and Locarno; The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); Bonjour tristesse (1957); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Exodus (1960) – and also worked as an actor for friends and colleagues, for example for Billy Wilder in Stalag 17 (1953).
FILMOGRAFIA
Die Große Liebe (Il grande amore, 1931), Under Your Spell (Schiavo della tua malia, 1936), Danger—Love at Work (Quei cari parenti, 1937), Kidnapped (Il vascello maledetto, 1938), Margin for Error (Margine d’errore, 1943), In the Meantime, Darling (Nel frattempo, cara, 1944), Laura (Vertigine, 1944), Fallen Angel (Un angelo è caduto, 1945), A Royal Scandal (Scandalo a corte, 1945), Centennial Summer (Bellezze rivali, 1946), Forever Amber (Ambra, 1947), Daisy Kenyon (L’amante immortale, 1947), That Lady in Ermine (La signora in ermellino, 1948), The Fan (Il ventaglio, 1949), Whirlpool (Il segreto di una donna, 1949), Where the Sidewalk Ends (Sui marciapiedi, 1950), The 13th Letter (La penna rossa, 1951), Angel Face (Seduzione mortale, 1952), The Moon Is Blue (La vergine sotto il tetto, 1953), Carmen Jones (id., 1954), River of No Return (La magnifica preda, 1954), The Man with the Golden Arm (L’uomo dal braccio d’oro, 1955), The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (Corte marziale, 1955), Saint Joan (Santa Giovanna, 1957), Bonjour Tristesse (Buongiorno tristezza, 1957), Porgy and Bess (id., 1959), Anatomy of a Murder (Anatomia di un omicidio, 1959), Exodus (id., 1960), Advise & Consent (Tempesta su Washington, 1962), The Cardinal (Il cardinale, 1963), In Harm’s Way (Prima vittoria, 1965), Bunny Lake Is Missing (Bunny Lake è scomparsa, 1965), Hurry Sundown (E venne la notte, 1966), Skidoo (id., 1968), Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (Dimmi che mi ami, Junie Moon, 1970), Such Good Friends (Ma che razza di amici!, 1971), Rosebud (Operazione Rosebud, 1974), The Human Factor (Il fattore umano, 1979).
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Otto Preminger. STORY: Louis Lantz. SCREENPLAY: Frank Fenton. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Joseph LaShelle. EDITING: Louis R. Loeffler. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Chester Bayhi, Walter M. Scott. COSTUMES: Travilla. MUSIC: Cyril J. Mockridge, Lionel Newman. CAST: Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer. PRODUCER: Stanley Rubin for Twentieth Century Fox. CONTACT: Park Circus Park Circus www.parkcircus.com)
