James Stewart & Rock Hudson in “Bend of the River“ (1952)

In 1847, while leading a wagon train of settlers traveling from Missouri to Portland, Oregon, Glyn McLyntock (James Stewart), a tough cowboy, saves a suspected horse thief, Emerson Cole (Arthur Kennedy), from a lynch mob. Although Glyn recognizes Cole as a former Missouri border raider, the two become friends and Cole joins the wagon train. That night, six Shoshone Indians attack the camp and shoot a settler, Laura Baile (Julie Adams), in the shoulder with an arrow. Cole follows Glyn as he bravely attacks the Indians and, after saving Glyn from one, hears Glyn’s gunshots signal the death of the five others. In Portland, the settlers receive a warm welcome from saloon owner Tom Grundy (Frank Ferguson) and local steamboat owner Tom Hendricks (Howard Petrie). As Laura is tended to by doctor and riverboat captain Mello (Chubby Johnson), her father, Jeremy Baile (Jay C. Flippen), spends all the settlers’ money on supplies. Handsome gambler Trey Wilson (Rock Hudson) arrives in town and