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

River, The - (Original Trailer)

Members of an English settlement cope with the exotic lure of life in India in Jean Renoir's beautiful color film, The River (1951).

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) 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.