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Bend of the River (1952)

Bend of the River poster
Directed by
Anthony Mann
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 214 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man leads a group of settlers on a wagon train to Oregon. He helps protect them from danger and betrayal as they try to start a new town.

adventuroustensescenicruggedsteadysomberaction-packed

What happens

Bend of the River is a 1952 American Western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julia Adams and Rock Hudson. The screenplay, written by Borden Chase, is based on the 1950 novel Bend of the Snake by Bill Gulick. Bend of the River was filmed on location in and around the Sandy River, Mount Hood, the Columbia River and Timberline Lodge, Oregon. The film is the second Western collaboration between Mann and Stewart. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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