North West Mounted Police (1940)
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.)
Director:
Cecil B. DeMille
Writers:
Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky Jr..
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Gary Cooper as Dusty Rivers |
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Madeleine Carroll as April Logan |
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Paulette Goddard as Louvette Corbeau |
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Preston Foster as Sergeant Jim Brett |
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Robert Preston as Ronnie Logan |
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Akim Tamiroff as Dan Duroc |
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George Bancroft as Jacques Corbeau |
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Lynne Overman as Tod McDuff |
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Walter Hampden as Big Bear |
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Lon Chaney Jr. as Shorty |
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Montagu Love as Inspector Cabot |
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Francis McDonald as Louis Riel |
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George E. Stone as Johnny Pelang |
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Willard Robertson as Supt. Harrington |
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Regis Toomey as Constable Jerry Moore |
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Richard Denning as Constable Thornton |
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Douglas Kennedy as Constable Carter |
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Robert Ryan as Constable Dumont |
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James Seay as Constable Fenton |
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Lane Chandler as Constable Fyffe |
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Ralph Byrd as Constable Ackroyd |
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Eric Alden as Constable Kent |
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Wallace Reid Jr. as Constable Rankin |
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Bud Geary as Constable Herrick |
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Jack Pennick as Sergeant Field |
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Rod Cameron as Corporal Underhill |
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Davison Clark as Surgeon Roberts |
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Jack Chapin as Bugler |
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Chief Thundercloud as Wandering Spirit |
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Harry Burns as The Crow |
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Louis Merrill as Lesure |
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Clara Blandick as Mrs. Burns |
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Ynez Seabury as Mrs. Shorty |
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Eva Puig as Ekawe |
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Julia Faye as Wapiskau |
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Sam Ash as Villager (uncredited) |
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Earl Askam as Mountie (uncredited) |
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Douglas Bates as Constable Sanderson (uncredited) |
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John Beach as Constable Simpson (uncredited) |
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Chief John Big Tree as Blue Owl (uncredited) |
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Cecil B. DeMille as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Donald Curtis as Mountie Secretary (uncredited) |
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Jack Rube Clifford as Half-breed Archer (uncredited) |
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Anthony Caruso as Half-breed at Riel's HQ (uncredited) |
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Franklyn Farnum as Townsman (uncredited) |
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Evan Thomas as Capt. Gower |
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Monte Blue as Indian |
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Dick Botiller as Indian Servant |
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Ed Brady as Trapper |
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Jack Byron as Jimmy |
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Steve Carruthers as Telegrapher |
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Sonny Chorre as Indian |
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Russ Clark as Corporal |
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Irene Coleman as Half-Caste |
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Delmar Costello as Malcolm |
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Sidney D'Albrook as Anton |
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Joe De La Cruz as Indian |
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Jerome de Nuccio as Indian |
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Clay De Roy as Colin |
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David Dunbar as Vitale |
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Jimmie Dundee as Constable Grove |
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Fred Farrell as Old Man |
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Al Ferguson as Indian |
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James Flavin as Mountie |
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Jerry Frank as Indian |
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Constant Franke as Minor Role |
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William Haade as Armorer |
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Eddie Hall as Pipe-Smoker Walking Past Dusty |
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Chuck Hamilton as Indian |
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John Hart as Constable Norman |
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Gustin |
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Weldon Heyburn as Constable Cameron |
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Bob Ireland as Constable Thomas |
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Soledad Jiménez as Grandmother |
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Noble Johnson as Native American |
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Jane Keckley as Villager |
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Frank Lackteen as Gatling-Gun Man |
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Ethan Laidlaw as Constable Adams |
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John Laing as Corporal |
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Ameda Lambert as Rosalie |
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Larry Lawson as Constable Vernon |
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Jack Luden as Constable Douglas |
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George Magrill as Indian |
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Mala as Indian |
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Fred Malatesta as Half-breed Archer |
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Ted Mapes as Constable Palmer |
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Alphonse Martell as Marcel |
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Tony Martelli as Pierre |
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Francisco Marán as Indian |
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Carl Mathews as Half-breed |
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Kermit Maynard as Constable Porter |
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Tony Merlo as Half-breed Archer |
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John Merton as Half-breed Archer |
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Edith Mills as Squaw |
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Louis Natheaux as Wapons |
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Norma Gene Nelson as Niska |
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David Newell as Indian |
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Paul Newlan as Indian |
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Jimmy O'Gatty as Half-breed |
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Ted Oliver as Hostler |
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Nestor Paiva as Half-breed |
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Emory Parnell as George Higgins |
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Tony Paton as Halfbreed Archer |
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James Pierce as Corporal |
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Albert Pollet as Zachary |
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John Power as Burns |
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Alonzo Price as Half-breed |
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Tex Rand as Minor Role |
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George Regas as Freddie |
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Pedro Regas as Half-breed Archer |
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Cyril Ring as Mountie |
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Dick Rush as Trapper |
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Jack Rutherford as Corporal |
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Hector V. Sarno as Felix |
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Harry Semels as Half-breed Archer |
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Walter Shumway as Farrier |
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Teet Smith as Minor Role |
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Charles Soldani as Cree Indian in Council lodge |
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Robert St. Angelo as Maxime |
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Charles Stevenson as Half-breed Archer |
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Paul Sutton as Mountie |
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Colin Tapley as Mountie |
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Phillip Terry as Constable Judson |
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Chief Thunderbird as Indian |
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Archie Twitchell as Mountie |
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Foy Van Dolsen as Half-breed Archer |
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Harry J. Vejar as Half-breed Archer |
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Billy Wilkerson as Indian |
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Charlene Wyatt as Susie |
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Chief Yowlachie as Indian |
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Iron Eyes Cody as Indian Brave (Uncredited) |
| Directing | Cecil B. DeMille | Director |
| Writing | R.C. Fetherstonhaugh | Novel |
| Writing | Alan Le May | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jesse Lasky Jr. | Screenplay |
| Art | Grace Gregory | Set Decoration |
| Visual Effects | Gordon Jennings | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Edwin Maxwell | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Directing | Arthur Rosson | Second Unit Director |
| Production | Cecil B. DeMille | Producer |
| Production | William H. Pine | Associate Producer |
| Production | William LeBaron | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | W. Howard Greene | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Victor Milner | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Anne Bauchens | Editor |
| Art | Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Art | William Flannery | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe De Young | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalie Visart | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Eric Stacey | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Barney Wolff | Special Effects |
| Crew | William Alley | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hamilton | Stunts |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Sound | John Leipold | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Herman Hand | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Charles Bradshaw | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Harry Lindgren | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | John Cope | Sound Recordist |
