The River's Edge (1957)
- 6.7
- 87 mins
- Crime, Drama, Western
Storyline
A Sheriff goes into Mexico in search of a man wanted back in the States. Finding him, he starts back. But it's a long way back, he has a reluctant captive, and there are unfriendly Indians along the way. The Sheriff admits his life has been a failure but this mission he plans to accomplish.—Maurice VanAuken
Plot Keywords
title spoken by character, desert, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, farm, farmhouse, knife, drunkenness, campfire, handcuffs, girl, dead child, fugitive, two on a horse, wanted man, language barrier, manhunt, priest, false accusation, day for night, opening action scene
Short Review
The director, Allan Dwan, fills the sunbaked landscape with an acrid haze of moods and a suffocating tangle of emotions, which he conjures with sharp, stark images of stifled frenzy.
Trailer
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