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A Bend in the River Free FREE A BEND IN THE RIVER PDF V. S. Naipaul | 336 pages | 01 Apr 2011 | Pan MacMillan | 9780330522991 | English | London, United Kingdom A Bend in the River: Study Guide | SparkNotes As IMDb celebrates its 30th birthday, we have six shows to get you ready for those pivotal years of your life Get some streaming picks. Title: Bend of the River Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory. They establish a settlement outside of Portland and as winter nears, it is necessary for McLyntock and Cole to rescue and deliver food and supplies being held in Portland by corrupt officials. On the trip back to the settlement, up river and over a mountain, Cole engineers a mutiny to divert the supplies to a gold mining camp for a handsome profit. Moving Western in which a gunfighter called McLyntock must battle nasty minersambitious prospectors and a corrupt ownerincluding spectacular landscapes. From Universal-international a breathtaking as well as rip-snorting Western that shows the greatnessthe glorythe fury of the untamed Northwest frontier. Stars a toughhardened gunslinger guide McLyntock James Stewart A Bend in the River leads his wagon train challenging the gold-rich glory that was Oregon full of mountains with snowscarlet with sinyellow with the dust that lured him on. Flippen and herd to Portlandin hopes of huge profits. Glyn McLyntock saves from a lynching and befriends another gunfighterCole A Bend in the River Kennedyand when they arrive in Portland both of whom lead and transport cows by boat. At lastthey arrive in Portlanda bustling little town filled with prospectors and usual saloons. Later onthey have to escape from nasty town boss who confiscated homesteader's supplies after gold is discovered nearby. McLyntock and his partners end up having supplies and herd back from the villain baron. One of a series made by star Stewart with director Anthony Mannit features splendid Western vistasfierce gun-play and fist-playambiguous rolesimpressively busy crowd sequences and many other things. Adventure western movie in A Bend in the River a two-fisted cowboy leads his wagons and herd through Oregon territorypitting himself against the wildernessbanditsmean prospectorstraitors and an ambitiouscorrupt boss town. The film is divided in three partsthe first one describes on A Bend in the River to their destination ; the intervening period dealing with the busy town Portland and third part concerning on the trip back to the settlementup river and over a mountain. Set late XIX Centuryit shows the moral obligation to build a civilized community and need to a collective effortjoining individuals against corrupt and selfish people. Sympathetic A Bend in the River well as brave acting by the great James Stewart as the stubborn Mclyntock who must fight frontier lawlessness and locks horns with a crooked colleaguemagnificently played by Arthur Kennedy. Stewart is top-drawer as an ex-Pistolero who risks his life to attempt and get provisions to homesteaders to build their promised land. Stewart has top grade character written all over it. Gorgeous Julie Adams as the good-bad girl who must be forgiven in the end. Flippen as the grizzled westerner and a show-stealing acting by the always great Chubby Johnson who gives the comic relief talking about river Mississipi. And one of the first important roles for Rock Hudson who received extreme cheering and applause at A Bend in the River premiere. Lyric and stirring musical score by Hans J. The motion picture was stunningly directed by Anthony Mann. Being made during Mann's best period of work. Rating : Above average ; it is probably one of the best Western in the fifties. Well worth watching. Looking for something to watch? Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Visit our What to Watch page. Sign In. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast A Bend in the River Crew. Release Dates. Official Sites. Company Credits. Technical Specs. Plot A Bend in the River. Plot Keywords. Parents Guide. External Sites. User Reviews. User Ratings. External Reviews. Metacritic Reviews. Photo Gallery. Trailers and Videos. Crazy Credits. Alternate Versions. Rate This. When a town boss confiscates homesteader's supplies after gold is discovered nearby, a tough cowboy risks his life to try and get it to them. Director: Anthony Mann. Available on Amazon. Added to Watchlist. The Best Films Ever Made - Best of the classic Westerns. James Stewart. Western Movies. Share this Rating Title: Bend of the River 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the A Bend in the River rating plugin. Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: James Stewart Glyn McLyntock Arthur Kennedy Emerson Cole Julie Adams Trey Wilson Jay C. Jeremy Baile Lori Nelson Marjie Baile Chubby Johnson Cap'n Mello Stepin Fetchit Adam as Stepin' Fetchit Harry Morgan Shorty as Henry Morgan Howard Petrie Tom Hendricks Frances Bavier Prentiss A Bend in the River Lambert Red Royal Dano Long Tom Frank Chase Wasco Cliff Lyons Edit Storyline Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory. Taglines: The greatness Edit Did You Know? Trivia James Stewart was so upset when Rock Hudson received more cheering and applause at the premiere that he vowed never to talk to the actor again, let alone work with him--and he never did. Goofs When fleeing Portland on horseback, they throw lanterns to set fire to the tents. One of the lanterns extinguishes before shattering on the ground, but fire starts inside the tent, nevertheless. Then come morning, we'll know where we're going. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Report this. A Bend in the River the first question. Language: English. Runtime: 91 min min DVD. Color: Color Technicolor. Edit page. October Streaming Picks. Back to School Picks. Clear your history. Glyn McLyntock. Emerson Cole. Laura Baile as Julia Adams. Jeremy Baile. Shorty as Henry Morgan. A Bend in the River: Plot Overview | SparkNotes A Bend in the Rivernovel by V. Naipaulpublished in The narrator, Salim, a Muslim Indian merchant, opens a store in a sleepy small town at a bend in the river ostensibly the Congo River. The president of the new country is a demagogue called the Big Man who hires Raymond as his speechwriter. The radicalized community believes his grandiose rhetoric. Salim loses control of his store to the commercially inexperienced Citizen Theotime, who hires Salim to manage it. Print Cite. Facebook Twitter. Give Feedback External Websites. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article requires login. External Websites. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree See Article A Bend in the River. Britannica Quiz. Name the Novelist. Who of these writers, along with Samuel Richardson, is considered to be a founder of the A Bend in the River novel? Learn More in these related Britannica articles:. Naipaul also chronicled aftermaths of empire around the globe and particularly in his native Caribbean. Nearer England, the strife in Northern Ireland provoked fictional response, among which the bleak, graceful A Bend in the River and short stories of William Trevor and Bernard…. Joseph ConradEnglish novelist and short-story writer of Polish descent, whose works include A Bend in the River novels Lord JimNostromoand The Secret Agent and the…. History at your fingertips. Sign up here to see what happened On This Dayevery day in your inbox! Email address. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. The best novels: No 90 – A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul () | Books | The Guardian A Bend in the River is a novel by Nobel laureate V. The novel, telling A Bend in the River story of Salim, a merchant in post-colonial midth century Africa, is one of Naipaul's best known works and was widely praised. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in A Bend in the River has also been criticized for a perceived defence of European colonialism in Africa. The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. Set in an unnamed African country after independence, the book is narrated by Salim, an ethnically Indian Muslim and a shopkeeper in a small but growing city in the country's remote interior. Salim observes A Bend in the River rapid changes in Africa with an outsider's distance. Salim grows up in the community of Indian traders on the east coast of Africa. Feeling insecure about his future in East Africa, he buys a business from Nazruddin in a town at "a bend in the river" in the heart of Africa. When he moves there he finds the town decrepit, a "ghost town", its former European suburb reclaimed by the bush, and many of its European vestiges ruined in a "rage" by the locals in response to their suppression and humiliation during colonial times. Old tribal distinctions have become important again. Salim trades in what people in the villages need: pencils and paper, pots and pans, other household utensils. Soon he is joined by an assistant, Metty, who comes from a family of house slaves his family had maintained in the east. One of his steady customers is Zabeth, a A Bend in the River from a village and a magician too.
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