River, The - (Original Trailer)

River, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Hindus Believe In One God

Narration by June Hillman, in the voice of author Rumer Godden and the character Harriet (Patricia Walters), continues, as director Jean Renoir depicts the Indian festival Diwali, Thomas E. Breen as visiting "Captain John," in The River, 1951.

River, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) It Brought A Young Man

Further exposition, June Hillman reading from Rumer Godden's novel, from the perspective of young Harriet (Patricia Walter), emphasis this time on Valerie (Adrienne Corri), the parents (Nora Swinburne, Esmond Knight) and especially Nan (Suprova Mukerjee), early in Jean Renoir's The River, 1951.

River, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) I Would Never Understand Men

Having tracked the handsome young American veteran Captain John (Thomas E. Breen) through the bazaar, 12 year-old Harriet (Patricia Walters) describes her plan of conquest, in Jean Renoir's tale of early 20th century colonial India, The River, 1951.

River, The (1951) -- (Movie Clip) The Story Of My First Love

Narration by June Hillman, text from the novel by Rumer Godden, cinematography by the director's nephew Claude, shooting on location on the Hooghly river in West Bengal, north of Calcutta, India, opening Jean Renoir's celebrated The River, 1951.