Many Rivers to Cross (film)
| Many Rivers to Cross | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Roy Rowland |
| Produced by | Jack Cummings |
| Written by |
Harry Brown Guy Trosper |
| Starring |
Robert Taylor Eleanor Parker Victor McLaglen |
| Music by | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,683,000[1] |
| Box office | $3,832,000[1][2] |
Many Rivers to Cross is a 1955 American film starring Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker.
Plot
Kentucky, the late 1700s: A traveling preacher's coming to town, but Miles Henderson is upset because Cissie Crawford seems reluctant to marry him. She seems more interested in a handsome trapper who's just arrived in the territory, Bushrod Gentry.
Cissie's life is saved by Bushrod after she's attacked by Shawnee tribesmen, but he's a confirmed bachelor who lets her down gently. While traveling on his own, Bushrod is wounded by the Indians and in danger until another woman, Mary Stuart Cherne, saves his life.
Feeling love at first sight, Mary takes him home to her Scottish-born father, Cadmus, and their Indian servant, Sandak, to heal. Her longtime suitor Luke Radford is unhappy about this interloper.
Bushrod again declines a chance to settle down, whereupon an angry Mary ends up keeping him there against his will. With her four brothers keeping a gun on him, Bushrod is forced to marry Mary.
He punches a justice of the peace and gets 30 days in jail. Another trapper, Esau Hamilton, has a sick child whose life Bushrod ends up saving. He slips away and intends to be on his own again, but Bushrod comes across Indians who are trying to scalp Mary. He saves her life this time, then accepts his fate as a man in love.
Cast
- Robert Taylor as Bushrod Gentry
- Eleanor Parker as Mary Stuart Cherne
- Victor McLaglen as Cadmus
- Alan Hale, Jr. as Luke Radford
- Darryl Hickman as Miles Henderson
- Betty Lynn as Cissie
- Ralph Moody as Sandak
- Russell Johnson as Banks
- Russ Tamblyn as Cherne
- James Arness as Esau Hamilton
- Richard Garrick as Preacher Ellis
Production
MGM bought the rights to a story by Steve Frazer published in Argosy magazine. Jack Cummings was assigned to produce. Janet Leigh was originally intended to be the female lead.[3]
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $2,084,000 in the US and Canada and $1,748,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $533,000.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ↑ Domestic take - see 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956.
- ↑ y THOMAS M PRYORSpecial to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. (1953, Mar 30). METRO'S TOP STARS TO APPEAR IN FILM. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/112841820