Blood River (1991 film)

Blood River is a 1991 American Western television film directed by Mel Damski, written by John Carpenter, and starring Ricky Schroder, Wilford Brimley, and Adrienne Barbeau. Carpenter wrote the screenplay in 1971 with the intent that it would be a feature film starring John Wayne. The film premiered on CBS on March 17, 1991.

Blood River
GenreWestern
Written byJohn Carpenter
Directed byMel Damski
Starring
Music byWilliam Goldstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Mel Damski
  • Merrill Karpf
ProducerAndrew Gottlieb
Cinematography
EditorBernard Gribble
Running time92 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkCBS
Original release
  • March 17, 1991 (1991-03-17)

Cast

Production

John Carpenter originally wrote the script in 1971 for John Wayne. Batjac, Wayne's company, read it in the mid 1970s and hired him to do a rewrite. He did but "never quite found out what was going on there. Maybe Wayne didn't want to do any more Westerns. I worked with Michael Wayne and Tom Kane, and they would do things like take out some of the harder action stuff, making it easier on him."[1]

In the script the John Wayne character was an old riverboat rat who was really a U.S. Marshal searching for some criminals. He met up with another man and they went down the river, like Huckleberry Finn.[1]

"I'd love to have had Hawks direct it but Hawks was too old," said Carpenter. "I would love to have directed it, but I don't think they would have let me. "[1]

The film was eventually shot in Calgary, Alberta in June 1990.[2]

References
  1. Trick and Treat McCarthy, Todd. Film Comment; New York Vol. 16, Iss. 1, (Jan/Feb 1980): 17-24.
  2. Schroder to shoot movie in Calgary: [Final Edition] Herald news services. Calgary Herald6 June 1990: D4.
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