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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1510

River's End

193075 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 73:36
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Michael Curtiz · Public domain

Synopsis

A Mountie pursuing an escaped prisoner discovers that the two men look identical. After the officer dies on the return journey, the fugitive assumes his place, only to find that innocence and a new romance make the disguise harder to escape.

Cast

Charles Bickford

Evalyn Knapp

DirectorsMichael Curtiz

Inspirations

The film is one of several adaptations of James Oliver Curwood's The River's End. Charles Bickford plays both men, making resemblance central to the moral and romantic complications.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Charles Bickford — MCA-TV; ebay item front back · Public domain
Evalyn Knapp — Unknown author · Public domain

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