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Northwest Passage (1940)
Directed by King Vidor
“Half Men—Half Demons … Warriors Such As The World Has Never Known … They Lived With Death and Danger For The Women Who Hungered For Their Love!”
Adventure, History, War, Drama · 2h 06m
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
Cast
Spencer Tracy
Major Robert Rogers
Robert Young
Langdon Towne
Walter Brennan
'Hunk' Marriner
Ruth Hussey
Elizabeth Browne
Nat Pendleton
'Cap' Huff
L
Louis Hector
Reverend Browne
Robert Barrat
Humphrey Towne
Lumsden Hare
Lord Amherst
Donald MacBride
Sergeant McNott
Isabel Jewell
Jennie Coit
Douglas Walton
Lieutenant Avery
Regis Toomey
Webster
Crew
- Director
- King Vidor
- Screenplay
- Laurence Stallings, Talbot Jennings
- Novel
- Kenneth Roberts
- Director of Photography
- William V. Skall, Sidney Wagner
- Original Music Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Editor
- Conrad A. Nervig
- Producer
- Hunt Stromberg
Details
- Release date
- 1940-02-23
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Genres
- Adventure, History, War, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Hungarian, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer