North West Mounted Police (1940) - film review

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North West Mounted Police is an American western first released in 1940, directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster and Robert Preston. It has also been released under the title: Northwest Mounted Police. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Script: R.C. Fetherstonhaugh, Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky Jr., C. Gardner Sullivan
Photo: W. Howard Greene, Victor Milner
Music: Victor Young
Cast: Gary Cooper (Dusty Rivers), Madeleine Carroll (April Logan), Paulette Goddard (Louvette Corbeau), Preston Foster (Sgt. Jim Brett), Robert Preston (Ronnie Logan), George Bancroft (Jacques Corbeau), Lynne Overman (Tod McDuff), Akim Tamiroff (Dan Duroc), Walter Hampden (Big Bear), Lon Chaney Jr. (Shorty), Montagu Love (Insp. Cabot), Francis McDonald (Louis Riel), George E. Stone (Johnny Pelang), Willard Robertson (Supt. Harrington), Regis Toomey (Const. Jerry Moore), Richard Denning (Const. Thornton), Douglas Kennedy (Const. Carter), Robert Ryan (Const. Dumont), James Seay (Const. Fenton), Lane Chandler (Const. Fyffe), Ralph Byrd (Const. Ackroyd), Eric Alden (Const. Kent), Wallace Reid Jr. (Const. Rankin), Bud Geary (Const. Herrick), Evan Thomas (Capt. Gower), Jack Pennick (Sgt. Field), Rod Cameron (Cpl. Underhill), Davison Clark (Surgeon Roberts), Jack Chapin (Bugler), Chief Thundercloud (Wandering Spirit), Harry Burns (The Crow), Louis Merrill (Lesure), Clara Blandick (Mrs. Burns), Ynez Seabury (Mrs. Shorty), Eva Puig (Ekawe), Julia Faye (Wapiskau), Sam Ash (Villager), Earl Askam (Mountie), Douglas Bates (Const. Sanderson), John Beach (Const. Simpson), Chief John Big Tree (Blue Owl), Monte Blue (Indian), Dick Botiller (Indian servant), Ed Brady (Trapper), Jack Byron (Jimmy), Steve Carruthers (Telegrapher), Anthony Caruso (Halfbreed at Riel’s HQ), Sonny Chorre (Indian), Russ Clark (Corporal), Jack Clifford (Half-breed archer), Irene Coleman (Half-caste), Delmar Costello (Malcolm), Donald Curtis (Mountie secretary), Sidney D’Albrook (Anton), Joe De La Cruz (Indian), Cecil B. DeMille (Narrator), Jerome DeNuccio (Indian), Clay De Roy (Colin), David Dunbar (Vitale), Jimmie Dundee (Const. Grove), Franklyn Farnum (Townsman), Fred Farrell (Old Man), Al Ferguson (Indian), James Flavin (Mountie), Constance Franke, Jerry Frank (Indian), William Haade (Armorer), Eddie Hall (Pipe smoker walking past Dusty), Chuck Hamilton (Indian), John Hart (Const. Norman), Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian (Gustin), Weldon Heyburn (Const. Cameron), Bob Ireland (Const. Thomas), Soledad Jiménez (Grandmother), Noble Johnson (Native American), Jane Keckley (Villager), Frank Lackteen (Gatling-gun man), Ethan Laidlaw (Const. Adams), John Laird (Corporal), Ameda Lambert (Rosalie), Larry Lawson (Const. Vernon), Jack Luden (Const. Douglas), George Magrill (Indian), Mala (Indian), Fred Malatesta (Half-breed archer), Ted Mapes (Const. Palmer), Francisco Marán (Indian), Alphonse Martell (Marcel), Tony Martelli (Pierre), Carl Mathews (Half-breed), Kermit Maynard (Const. Porter), Tony Merlo (Half-breed archer), John Merton (Half-breed archer), Edith Mills (Squaw), Louis Natheaux (Wapons), Norma Gene Nelson (Niska), David Newell (Indian), Paul Newlan (Indian), Jimmy O’Gatty (Half-breed), Ted Oliver (Hostler), Nestor Paiva (Half-breed), Emory Parnell (George Higgins), Tony Paton (Halfbreed archer), James Pierce (Corporal), Albert Pollet (Zachary), John Power (Burns), Alonzo Price (Half-breed), Tex Rand, George Regas (Freddie), Pedro Regas (Half-breed archer), Cyril Ring (Mountie), Dick Rush (Trapper), Jack Rutherford (Corporal), Hector Sarno (Felix), Harry Semels (Half-breed archer), Walter Shumway (Farrier), Robert St. Angelo (Maxime (Indian)), Charles Stevens (Half-breed archer), Paul Sutton (Mountie), Colin Tapley (Mountie), Phillip Terry (Const. Judson), Chief Thunderbird (Indian), Archie Twitchell (Mountie), Foy Van Dolsen (Half-breed archer), Harry J. Vejar (Half-breed archer), Billy Wilkerson (Indian), Charlene Wyatt (Susie), Chief Yowlachie (Indian)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 126 min
Aka: Northwest Mounted Police; The Scarlet Riders

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