A story of one of the great cattle herds of the world, of a man and a boy - - Thomas Dunson and Matthew Garth, the story of the Red River D.""In the third section of the film, Max Steiner""s score swells, as the churning ocean is parted by a large ship.She claimed that she was willing to consider a lower sales price: ("Money""s always a problem, isn""t it? Tell him to come back").Marilyn Monroe had already starred in a number of great roles, sometimes opposite notable male leads:as Rose Loomis opposite Joseph Cotten inNiagara (1953)as Lorelei Lee with Jane Russell inGentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)as Kay Weston opposite Robert Mitchum inRiver of No Return (1954)as The Girl inThe Seven Year Itch (1955)Bus Stopwas her first "serious" lead role, although her vulnerable performance as Cherie (a semi-dumb, sexually-exploited Ozark girl with hillbilly roots who was trying to make something of herself but only admired for her sensuality, mirroring Monroe""s own life) went unrecognized for an Academy Award.