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Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross

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Many Rivers to Cross

"KENTUCKY ADVENTURE in CINEMASCOPE"

1955

1h 35m

6.5(19 votes)

Western

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Robert Taylor

Robert Taylor

Bushrod Gentry

Eleanor Parker

Eleanor Parker

Mary Stuart Cherne

Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

Cadmus Cherne

Jeff Richards

Jeff Richards

Fremont

Russ Tamblyn

Russ Tamblyn

Shields

James Arness

James Arness

Esau Hamilton

Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

Luke Radford

John Hudson

John Hudson

Hugh

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

Lige Blake

Josephine Hutchinson

Josephine Hutchinson

Mrs. Cherne

Creative team

Directed by: Roy Rowland
Written by: Guy Trosper
Harry Brown
Produced by: Jack Cummings

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