The River of No Return (1954) - OTT and the Arts

The River of No Return

Among other things, the offseason means finding other ways to slake our river-need, and one of the best ways to get that fix is through the magical world of film. Now, there are a number of great river-running-related films out there. A River Runs Through It (1992) is an obvious--and choice--example. Likewise, The River Wild (1994). Both are great films (from the river enthusiasts’ perspective, if not the film critics’), and if you haven’t seen them, we’d strongly recommend doing so.

But while both of these films have and continue to enjoy relative notoriety (at least in the proper circles), there’s one river-related film, in particular, which we think deserves more attention:

on-the-river whitewater action. (Lest anyone reading this had been considering running the Main Salmon, it bears mentioning that naught of this movie, including the gnarly whitewater sequences, was actually filmed on the Main Salmon.)

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So if you’re in the market for an off-season, river-related film, look no further than River of No Return (available for streaming from Netflix and Amazon Instant Video, as well as for download on iTunes).