River's End (1940 film)
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| Directed by | Ray Enright |
| Written by | Barry Trivers Bertram Millhauser Fred Niblo Jr. |
| Based on | The River's End 1919 novel by James Oliver Curwood |
| Produced by | William Jacobs Bryan Foy Jack L. Warner |
| Starring | Dennis Morgan Elizabeth Inglis George Tobias |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | Clarence Kolster |
| Music by | Clifford Vaughan Howard Jackson |
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| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
River's End is a 1940 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Dennis Morgan, Elizabeth Inglis and George Tobias.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1919 novel The River's End by James Oliver Curwood which had previously been made into 1920 and 1930 films. It is also known by the alternative title of Double Identity.
The film is a Northern in which a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer tracks an escaped convict, only to subsequently try to clear his name.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Esdras Hartley.
Plot summary
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Main cast
- Dennis Morgan as John Keith/Sgt. Derry Conniston
- Elizabeth Inglis as Linda Conniston
- George Tobias as Andrew (Andy) Dijon
- Victor Jory as Norman Talbot
- James Stephenson as Insp. McDowell
- Steffi Duna as Cheeta
- Edward Pawley as Frank Crandell
- John Ridgely as Constable Jeffers
- Frank Wilcox as Constable Kentish
- David Bruce as Balt
- Gilbert Emery as Justice
- Stuart Robertson as Sgt. Cruze
References
- ^ Pitts p.286
Bibliography
- Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.
External links
- River's End at IMDb
- River's End at the TCM Movie Database
- Template:Amg movie
- River's End at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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Categories:
- 1940 films
- 1940s English-language films
- Films directed by Ray Enright
- Northern (genre) films
- Films based on American novels
- Remakes of American films
- American Western (genre) films
- 1940 Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction
- Films based on novels by James Oliver Curwood
- Warner Bros. films
- 1940s American films
- Action film stubs