Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Bend Of The River (1952)

Bend of the River - (Original Trailer)

A westerner (James Stewart) with a questionable past leads a wagon train into the Oregon territory in Bend of the River (1952) co-starring Rock Hudson and Arthur Kennedy, directed by Anthony Mann.

Bend Of The River (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Right Handsome Fella

Director Anthony Mann busy with exposition, as McClintock (James Stewart) and others (Stepin Fetchit, Lillian Randolph, Jay C. Flippen, Chubby Johnson, Howard Petrie) check on injured Laura (Julia Adams), then Arthur Kennedy and Frank Ferguson observe as her sister (Lori Nelson) meets gambler Wilson (Rock Hudson), in 1847 Portland, in Bend Of The River, 1952.

Bend Of The River (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Having A Little Trouble?

Trail guide McClintock (James Stewart) visits Portland where his buddy Cole (Arthur Kennedy) has signed on with the saloon, along with would-be settler Laura (Julie Adams), but they re-unite when supplier Hendricks (Howard Petrie) makes trouble, gambler Wilson (Rock Hudson) offering backup, in Anthony Mann's Bend Of The River, 1952.

Bend Of The River (1952) -- (Movie Clip) What Law?

McLyntock (James Stewart) tangles with the miners (Jack Lambert, Henry Morgan) trying to get out of hauling supplies from the riverboat to the settlement, backed up by Cole and Wilson (Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson), Julia Adams and her dad (Jay C. Flippen) joining the wagon train, in Anthony Mann’s Bend Of The River, 1952.

Bend Of The River (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I Just Don't Like Hangings

In the opening scene of director Anthony Mann's Oregon Trail Western, guide McClintock (James Stewart) is all friendly with the Bailes (Lori Nelson, Jay C. Flippen, Julia Adams) then ventures out for a typically intriguing meeting with Cole (Arthur Kennedy), in Bend Of The River, 1952.