The River's Edge
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- For the 1986 film, see River's EdgeRiver's EdgeRiver's Edge is a 1986 American drama film written by Neal Jimenez and starring Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Daniel Roebuck, and Dennis Hopper.It was awarded Best Picture from the Independent Spirit Awards in 1986.- Plot :...
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The River's Edge is a 1957 adventure, crime, and drama DeLuxe
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CinemaScope
CinemaScope
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film directed by Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan
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. Based on the unpublished short story The Higher Mountain by Harold Jacob Smith.
It starred Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget and Ray Milland. Filming location was done in Amecacameca and Itzaccihuati, Mexico.
Plot summary
Ben Cameron (Anthony QuinnAnthony Quinn
Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer...
) and wife Meg (Debra Paget
Debra Paget
Debra Paget is an American actress and entertainer who rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s in a variety of feature films including Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments and Love Me Tender, the film début of Elvis Presley.-Early life and career:Paget was born in Denver, Colorado...
) struggle to build their small ranch in New Mexico desert. Bad guy Nardo Denning (Ray Milland
Ray Milland
Ray Milland was a Welsh actor and director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend , a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind , the murder-plotting...
) arrives in New Mexico looking for his girlfriend and her husband. At gunpoint, Nardo forces the couple to guide him safely to Mexico with the stolen money. Meg has a past with Nardo which her husband doesn't know.
Casts
Cast | Character |
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Ray Milland Ray Milland Ray Milland was a Welsh actor and director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award–winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend , a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind , the murder-plotting... |
Nardo Denning |
Anthony Quinn Anthony Quinn Antonio Rodolfo Quinn-Oaxaca , more commonly known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican American actor, as well as a painter and writer... |
Ben Cameron |
Debra Paget Debra Paget Debra Paget is an American actress and entertainer who rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s in a variety of feature films including Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments and Love Me Tender, the film début of Elvis Presley.-Early life and career:Paget was born in Denver, Colorado... |
Meg Cameron |
Harry Carey Jr | Chet |
Chubby Johnson Chubby Johnson Chubby Johnson was an American movie and television supporting character actor with a genial demeanor and warm country-accented voice perfect for westerns... |
Wiskers |
Byron Foulger | Barry |
Tom McKee | U.S. Border Patrol Captain |
Frank Gerstle | Harry Castleton |