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Instead of Texas and the Chisholm Trail, Bend of the River is set in the Oregon river country, with a wagon train substituting for an epic cattle drive. Wagonmaster Stewart, a man with a secret past he's determined to redeem, rescues another, not-so-ex-renegade (Arthur Kennedy) from a lynching. Stewart finds Kennedy a powerful ally in a fight but ultimately has to face him as a mortal enemy--and to revert to his old savage ways in order to save his adopted community. Along the trail, they are variously companioned and/or menaced by the likes of slick gambler Rock Hudson (compare the Cherry Valance part in Red River) and hard cases Harry (then Henry) Morgan, Royal Dano, and Jack Lambert. There's knockout scenery, as usual with Mann, and fight-to-the-death action as bracing as a plunge into an icy river. --Richard T. Jameson
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5.0 out of 5 stars
No complaints from me!,
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This review is from: Bend of the River (VHS Tape)
This is a 1950s movie, when Stewart was in his hay day, and the story (screenwriter Borden Chase wrote the screenplay from his own novel) was a superlative story of the Oregon country, including scenery around Mt. Hood and the Columbia River. This is one of the series of eight films directed by Anthony Mann and starring the late Brig. General James Stewart, USAF, in his youth. Rock Hudson played a youthful gambler from California, and Arthur Kennedy a former Kansas border raider and the leading bad guy, after acting as a Stewart supporter. Stewart was also a former border raider from Missouri who was trying to forget his past. Supporting players included a youthful Harry Morgan and some other rowdies I didn't immediately recognize. This is one of the old-time "straight" Westerns that I grew up loving, with plenty of gun play, with good and bad guys easily recognized (but not necessarily by their hat color). If you are a fan of those old-time Westerns, you'll probably love this one, which was filmed in Technicolor. Joseph (Joe) Pierre
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"Bend of the River (1952) ... Anthony Mann ... Universal Studios (2003)",
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This review is from: Bend in the River (DVD)
Universal Studios presents "BEND OF THE RIVER" (1952) (91 min/Color) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- Glyn McLyntock (James Stewart) is a former outlaw, now working as trail guide for a group of Oregon-bound farmers --- He is aided in this endeavor by Emerson Cole (Arthur Kennedy), a far-from-reformed horse thief --- Upon arriving in Portland, McLyntock gets in the middle of a scam operated by a trader who has reneged on his promise to ship goods to the settlers --- Unable to take action through legal channels, McLyntock and farmer Jeremy Baile steal the provision and scurry back to the settlement by boat --- On their return, they discover that Cole has sold out to the trader and intends to reclaim the supplies, taking Baile and his daughter Laura as hostages to ensure safe passage.As in the other Stewart-Mann productions, James Stewart breaks away from his usual easygoing screen persona to play a tough, self-serving rugged individual, whose true motives and loyalties remain in doubt until the very end of the film. Bend of the River was adapted by Borden Chase from Bill Gulick's novel "Bend of the Snake" --- Chase also scripted two other Stewart/Mann westerns: "Winchester '73" (1950) & "The Far Country" (1954). Under the production staff of: Directed by Anthony Mann [Director] Borden Chase (screenplay) William Gulick [novel "Bend of the Snake"] Frank Cleaver [Associate Producer] Aaron Rosenberg [Producer] Hans J. Salter [Original Film Music] Irving Glassberg [Cinematographer] Russell F. Schoengarth [Film Editor] BIOS: 1. Anthony Mann [aka: Emil Anton Bundesmann] - [Director] Date of Birth: 30 June 1906 - San Diego, California Date of Death: 29 April 1967 - Berlin, Germany 2. James Stewart Date of Birth: 20 May 1908 - Indiana, Pennsylvania Date of Death: 2 July 1997 - Los Angeles, California 3. Rock Hudson [aka: Roy Harold Scherer Jr] Date of Birth: 17 November 1925 - Winnetka, Illinois Date of Death: 2 October 1985 - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California the cast includes: 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 Royal Dano - Long Tom Frank Ferguson - Tom Grundy Mr. Jim's Ratings: Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars Performance: 5 Stars Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing] Total Time: 91 min on DVD ~ Universal Studios ~ (05/06/2003)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pioneers struggle to survive in the great Northwest,
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This review is from: Bend in the River (DVD)
This western is a film of great visual beauty that has a great cast headed by James Stewart whose task is to guide a wagon train of pioneers through the Northwest Territory to their new settlement in Oregon. Stewart's Glyn McLyntock has a troubled past but also a conscience and a sense of fair play and justice that saves a gunslinger from a hanging. The ungrateful Emerson Cole repays McLyntock with treachery and gun-play and gets involved in swindling the settlers out of their needed winter supplies that have been seized by an unscrupulous owner of a steamboat and saloon. The rugged terrain of the Oregon countryside and dangerous river rapids lend realism to this story, and there is an interesting sub-plot that has McLyntock and Cole fighting Shoshone warriors at night. Julia Adams is pleasing to the eye as a pioneer girl and old hand Jay C. Flippen is a straight shooter who knows a bad apple when he sees one. The rough and tumble action has shoot-outs between the settlers and gold-crazed miners and hired double-crossers who aim to steal the supplies and sell them at a profit. Rock Hudson is a gambler who's handy with a six-gun.
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