72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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The River / THE RIVER

Frank Borzage
     49 m.
Synopsis
The site foreman of a hydroelectric power plant in the Rockies, Marsdon is arrested for having killed an engineer who was lusting after his mistress, the mysterious Rosalee, to whom he gives his raven with the intention of ensuring her faithfulness. A new person arrives on the scene in the shape of Allen John, whose plans of heading for the city are spoiled when he misses the only train going in that direction until the following spring. As winter deepens, passion grows between Allen John and Rosalee before the raven's watchful eye.
Director
Frank Borzage
Screenplay
Philip Klein, Dwight Cummins
Photography
Ernest Palmer
Edition
Barney Wolf
Music
Maurice Baron
Cast
Charles Farrell (Allen John Pender), Mary Duncan (Rosalee), Ivan Linow (Sam Thompson), Margaret Mann (Widow Thompson)
Running Time
49 m.
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