Many Rivers to Cross 69 years old
KENTUCKY ADVENTURE in CINEMASCOPE
Packaged and sold as an outdoor actioner, Many Rivers to Cross is as much a comedy as anything else. Robert Taylor stars as 18th century trapper Bushrod Gentry, who is himself entrapped into marriage by the spunky Mary Stuart Cherne (Eleanor Parker). Escaping his marital responsibilities (which were impressed upon him on threat of death), Gentry heads into the North Country, with Mary in hot pursuit. Hero and heroine spend the rest of the picture taking turns rescuing each other from hostile Indians. Some of the humor is predicated upon the wholesale slaughter of the "redskins", and as such is a bit hard to take when seen today. Supporting Taylor and Parker are Victor McLaglen as the heroine's burly father, and TV-stars-to be James Arness (Gunsmoke) and Russell Johnson and Alan Hale Jr. (Gilligan's Island).
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Many Rivers to Cross Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eleanor Parker She was 32, 91 years old when she died | as Mary Stuart Cherne |
| Russ Tamblyn He was 20, now 89 years old | as Shields |
| Russell Johnson He was 30, 89 years old when he died | as Banks |
| James Arness He was 31, 88 years old when he died | as Esau Hamilton |
| Rosemary DeCamp She was 44, 90 years old when she died | as Lucy Hamilton |
| Alan Hale, Jr. He was 33, 68 years old when he died | as Luke Radford |
| Robert Taylor He was 43, 57 years old when he died | as Bushrod Gentry |
| Sig Ruman He was 70, 82 years old when he died | as Spectacle Man |
| Abel Fernandez He was 24, 85 years old when he died | as Slangoh |
| Rhys Williams He was 57, 71 years old when he died | as Lige Blake |
| Victor McLaglen He was 68, 72 years old when he died | as Cadmus Cherne |
| Josephine Hutchinson She was 51, 94 years old when she died | as Mrs. Cherne |
| Ralph Moody He was 37, 86 years old when he died | as Sandak |
| Jeff Richards He was 30, 64 years old when he died | as Fremont |
| John Hudson He was 36, 77 years old when he died | as Hugh |
Many Rivers to Cross Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Harry Brown as Screenplay. He was 37 (69) years old when He died | Writing |
| John F. Seitz as Director of Photography. He was 62 (86) years old when He died | Camera |
| Walter Plunkett as Costume Design. He was 52 (79) years old when He died | Costume & Make-Up |
| Guy Trosper as Screenplay. He was 44 (52) years old when He died | Writing |
| Cyril J. Mockridge as Original Music Composer. He was 58 (82) years old when He died | Sound |
| Jack Cummings as Producer. He was 54 (89) years old when He died | Production |
| Hans Peters as Art Direction. He was 58 (80) years old when He died | Art |
| Roy Rowland as Director. He was 44 (84) years old when He died | Directing |
| Cedric Gibbons as Art Direction. He was 61 (67) years old when He died | Art |
| Ben Lewis as Editor. He was 60 (76) years old when He died | Editing |
Many Rivers to Cross (69 years)
KENTUCKY ADVENTURE in CINEMASCOPE
- Release day: Friday, February 04, 1955
- Runtime: 95 minutes