River's End

River's End (1930)

Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reaches of Northern Canada, Keith turns out to be a dead ringer for Conniston. On the way back, the sled overturns, Keith grabs the gun and leaves them to die in the snow. After second thoughts he comes back and brings them to safety at an RCMP emergency cabin. Conniston dies of a frozen lung and Keith takes his place.

Date of release
1930-11-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Western, Drama, Romance
Director
Michael Curtiz

Casting

Interesting facts

River's End is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Charles Bickford and Evalyn Knapp. Bickford plays two roles, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) sergeant and the man he is after. The film is the second of three adaptations of the bestselling novel The River's End by James Oliver Curwood, the others being released in 1920 and 1940.

Production

River's End was filmed on location at Sacramento and the foothills of Auburn, California.

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