’Northwest Passage’ (1940) - film review
King Vidor, W.S. Van Dyke
Adventure / Drama / History / Western
Summary
’Northwest Passage’ is an American western first released in 1940,
directed by King Vidor and W.S. Van Dyke.
The film stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey and Nat Pendleton.
It has also been released under the title: Northwest Passage.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: King Vidor, W.S. Van Dyke
- Script: Laurence Stallings, Talbot Jennings, Kenneth Roberts, Sidney Howard, Robert E. Sherwood, King Vidor
- Photo: William V. Skall, Sidney Wagner
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Cast: Spencer Tracy (Major Rogers), Robert Young (Langdon Towne), Walter Brennan (’Hunk’ Marriner), Ruth Hussey (Elizabeth Browne), Nat Pendleton (’Cap’ Huff), Louis Hector (Reverend Browne), Robert Barrat (Humphrey Towne), Lumsden Hare (Lord Amherst), Donald MacBride (Sergeant McNott), Isabel Jewell (Jennie Coit), Douglas Walton (Lieutenant Avery), Addison Richards (Lieutenant Crofton), Hugh Sothern (Jesse Beacham), Regis Toomey (Webster), Montagu Love (Wiseman Clagett), Lester Matthews (Sam Livermore), Truman Bradley (Captain Ogden), Arthur Aylesworth (Innkeeper Flint), Rand Brooks (Eben Towne), Don Castle (Richard Towne), Richard Cramer (Sheriff Packer), Warren Douglas, George Eldredge (McMullen), Verna Felton (Mrs. Towne), Edward Gargan (Capt. Butterfield), Gibson Gowland (MacPherson), Denis Green (Capt. Williams), Tony Guerrero (Capt. Jacobs), Frank Hagney (Capt. Grant), Gwendolyn Logan (Mrs. Browne), Tom London (Ranger), George Lynn (Joe Turner), Helen MacKellar (Sarah Hadden), Addie McPhail (Jane Browne), John Merton (Lt. Dunbar), Ferdinand Munier (Stoodley, Tavern Keeper), Ted Oliver (Farrington), Eddie Parker (Ranger), Andrew Pena (Konkapot), Lawrence Porter (Billy (Indian boy)), Kent Rogers (Odiorne Towne), Robert St. Angelo (Solomon), Ray Teal (Bradley McNeil), Harry Wilson (Ranger), Hank Worden (Ranger tying oars), Frederick Worlock (Sir William Johnson)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 125 min
- Aka: Northwest Passage
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