Douglas Spencer, Marilyn Monroe, Murvyn Vye

The dew of new stardom was still visible on Marilyn Monroe when she ventured up to Canada to shoot this sturdily entertaining CinemaScope Western. Although director Otto Preminger later claimed little...( read more  read more... ) interest in the picture, he couldn't help but bring his even-handed visual style to the widescreen process. The location shooting (in Alberta) is eye filling, and that river really does look alarming. Best of all, Marilyn, fresh and vital, had a costar to match her magnetism but not humor her sometimes-scattered approach to acting: Robert Mitchum, as a homesteader with a dark past. He's weighty enough to stand next to MM's bright flame without giving any ground; they should have worked together again. Since Marilyn plays a saloon singer, she gets to sling some tunes in her inimitable style, with as much glamour as the gold rush-era trappings will allow, giving "I'm Going to File My Claim" various meanings. --Robert Horton

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DVD Release Date: May 14, 2002

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  • September 22, 2007
    marilyn monroe and robert mitchum in one movie!! she couldn't be further away from her part in diamonds are a girls best friend and he's actually the good guy for once. everyone always rememebers how good he was as the nasty ex con in cape fear. marilyn looks as luscious as ever....( read more).. yummy. how come there's no full figure female actresses around these days? they all look so plain and boring. skinny as a rake aint attractive if ya ask me, and monroe's just right!! i liked the shootin' of the scenery. some of it's captured very well. the indians dont really have a big part in it, but the on screen tension and chemistry between tomboy MM and good guy but still badass RM is great. three cheers for otto
  • May 17, 2009
    what a way to sing that song...unforgettable!
  • August 16, 2008
    This is a good movie
  • August 11, 2008
    I have loved this movie since I first saw it in 1954. Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum were awesome in it.
  • June 30, 2008
    This one actually looks like it could be pretty good!
  • May 10, 2008
    I've seen some of it. Pretty dull.
  • April 11, 2008
    Marilyn Monroe is exactly everything that I despise in celebrities and the opposite sex. Her life was always about being noticed for her body, and she would do anything to be noticed and to be rich. She is most famous for having an affair with who I deem to be the worst presid...( read more)ent ever, JFK. She also has an annoying voice and could not act for crap. As far as her movies go, you can count me out, for I would rather spend a day listening to Whoopi attempt to sound intelligent.
  • January 23, 2008
    I remember seeing this in Drive in Movie And then there was Cowgurl
  • December 30, 2007
    I sometimes catch myself singing the theme song, but other than that, it wasn't that great of a movie.

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