North West Mounted Police (1940)
DeMille's first film in Technicolor! 10 Great Stars! 2 Glorious Love Stories! 1,000 Unforgettable Thrills!
126 min
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
- Release date
- October 22, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Victor Young
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Cast
- Gary Cooper as Dusty Rivers
- Madeleine Carroll as April Logan
- Paulette Goddard as Louvette Corbeau
- Preston Foster as Sgt. Jim Brett
- Robert Preston as Ronnie Logan
- Akim Tamiroff as Dan Duroc
- George Bancroft as Jacques Corbeau
- Lynne Overman as Tod McDuff
- Walter Hampden as Big Bear
- Lon Chaney Jr. as Shorty
- Montagu Love as Inspector Cabot
- Francis McDonald as Louis Riel
- George E. Stone as Johnny Pelang
- Willard Robertson as Supt. Harrington
- Regis Toomey as Constable Jerry Moore
- Richard Denning as Constable Thornton
- Douglas Kennedy as Constable Carter
- Robert Ryan as Constable Dumont
- James Seay as Constable Fenton
- Lane Chandler as Constable Fyffe
- Ralph Byrd as Constable Ackroyd
- Eric Alden as Constable Kent
- Wallace Reid Jr. as Constable Rankin
- Bud Geary as Constable Herrick
- Jack Pennick as Sergeant Field
- Rod Cameron as Corporal Underhill
- Davison Clark as Surgeon Roberts
- Jack Chapin as Bugler
- Chief Thundercloud as Wandering Spirit
- Harry Burns as The Crow
Crew
- Cecil B. DeMille · Director
- Alan Le May · Writer
- Jesse Lasky Jr. · Writer
- C. Gardner Sullivan · Writer
- Cecil B. DeMille · Producer
- Victor Young · Composer
- W. Howard Greene · Cinematographer
- Victor Milner · Cinematographer
- Anne Bauchens · Editor