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Northwest Passage

- 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!

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.

Release Date : 1940-02-23

Language :HungarianEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Loew's IncorporatedMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Major Robert Rogers

Original Name : Spencer Tracy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Langdon Towne

Original Name : Robert Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Hunk' Marriner

Original Name : Walter Brennan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elizabeth Browne

Original Name : Ruth Hussey

Gender : Female

Character Name : 'Cap' Huff

Original Name : Nat Pendleton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Browne

Original Name : Louis Hector

Gender : Male

Character Name : Humphrey Towne

Original Name : Robert Barrat

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Amherst

Original Name : Lumsden Hare

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant McNott

Original Name : Donald MacBride

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jennie Coit

Original Name : Isabel Jewell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lieutenant Avery

Original Name : Douglas Walton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Webster

Original Name : Regis Toomey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uniformed Soldier / Officer

Original Name : Lloyd Bridges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Crofton

Original Name : Addison Richards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jesse Beacham

Original Name : Hugh Sothern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wiseman Clagett

Original Name : Montagu Love

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam Livermore

Original Name : Lester Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Ogden

Original Name : Truman Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ranger

Original Name : C.E. Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Innkeeper Flint

Original Name : Arthur Aylesworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eben Towne

Original Name : Rand Brooks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard Towne

Original Name : Don Castle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Packer

Original Name : Richard Cramer

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Warren Douglas

Gender : Male

Character Name : McMullen

Original Name : George Eldredge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Towne

Original Name : Verna Felton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Capt. Butterfield

Original Name : Edward Gargan

Gender : Male

Character Name : MacPherson

Original Name : Gibson Gowland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Williams

Original Name : Denis Greene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Jacobs

Original Name : Tony Guerrero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Grant

Original Name : Frank Hagney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Browne

Original Name : Gwendolyn Logan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ranger

Original Name : Tom London

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Turner

Original Name : George Lynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sarah Hadden

Original Name : Helen MacKellar

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jane Browne

Original Name : Addie McPhail

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lt. Dunbar

Original Name : John Merton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stoodley - Tavern Keeper

Original Name : Ferdinand Munier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Farrington

Original Name : Ted Oliver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ranger

Original Name : Eddie Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Konkapot

Original Name : Andrew Pena

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billy - Indian Boy

Original Name : Lawrence Porter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Odiorne Towne

Original Name : Kent Rogers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Indian Man

Original Name : George Sky Eagle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Solomon

Original Name : Robert St. Angelo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bradley McNeil

Original Name : Ray Teal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ranger

Original Name : Harry Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ranger Tying Oars

Original Name : Hank Worden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir William Johnson

Original Name : Frederick Worlock

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Rogers And His Jolly Green Rangers. Northwest Passage is directed by King Vidor and adapted to screenplay by Laurence Stallings and Talbot Jennings from the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name. It stars Spencer Tracy, Robert Young and Walter Brennan. Music is by Herbert Stothart and cinematography by William V. Skall and Sidney Wagner. "This is a story of our early America….of the century of conflict with French and Indians….when necessity made simple men, unknown to history, into giants in daring and endurance. It begins in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1759…." Hurrah! What with the film having a reputation as one of the greatest adventure films of all time, that opening salvo for Vidor's movie doubly whets the appetite.What follows is more a case of a visually great picture, dotted with action, that is more about actual heroes than heroic deeds. Certainly the first hour of the picture leans more towards the slow burn than anything raising the pulse. However, characters are well drawn by Vidor and his team, with quality performances to match from the leads, and when the action dose come, such as the excellent battle at the Abenaki village, they more than pay back the patience of the viewer. We need to be forgiving for the overtly racist fervour that permeates the plot, so instead just rejoice in men triumphing over many obstacles, both of the mind and the body. 7/10