Film · Drama, Adventure, History, War
Northwest Passage (1940)
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.
- Director
- King Vidor
- Writers
- Talbot Jennings, Kenneth Roberts, Laurence Stallings
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- February 23, 1940
Cast
Spencer TracyMajor Robert Rogers
Robert YoungLangdon Towne
Walter Brennan'Hunk' Marriner
Ruth HusseyElizabeth Browne
Nat Pendleton'Cap' Huff- Louis HectorReverend Browne
Robert BarratHumphrey Towne
Lumsden HareLord Amherst
Donald MacBrideSergeant McNott
Isabel JewellJennie Coit
Douglas WaltonLieutenant Avery
Regis ToomeyWebster
Lloyd BridgesUniformed Soldier / Officer
Addison RichardsLieutenant Crofton
Hugh SothernJesse Beacham
Montagu LoveWiseman Clagett
Lester MatthewsSam Livermore
Truman BradleyCaptain Ogden
C.E. AndersonRanger
Arthur AylesworthInnkeeper Flint
