Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

Directors:

Walter Lang
William A. Seiter

Writers:

Muriel Dennison (book)
Robert Ellis (writer)

Release Date:

13 June 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family

Tagline:

Flaming arrows! Cracking rifles!

Plot:

Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie (Scott) and his girlfriend (Lockwood) take her in...

Plot Keywords:

Police Officer | Sergeant | Mounted Police Officer | Based On Book | Character Name In Title

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Shirley Temple	...	Susannah 'Sue' Sheldon
Randolph Scott	...	Inspector Angus 'Monty' Montague
Margaret Lockwood	...	Vicky Standing
Martin Good Rider	...	Little Chief
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Patrick 'Pat' O'Hannegan
Maurice Moscovitch	...	Chief Big Eagle
Moroni Olsen	...	Supt. Andrew Standing
Victor Jory	...	Wolf Pelt
Lester Matthews	...	Harlan Chambers
Leyland Hodgson	...	Inspector Randall
Herbert Evans	...	Doctor
Jack Luden	...	Inspector Williams
Charles Irwin	...	Sgt. McGregor
John Sutton	...	Corporal Piggott
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harold Goodwin	...	Orderly (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Quotes:

Little Chief: Why squaw not asleep?
Susannah Sheldon: I guess if everyone else can stay up dancing, I can stay up and watch them.
Little Chief: Redcoat make her his squaw?
Susannah Sheldon: He will not!
Little Chief: Funny he dance like that and not make her his squaw.
Susannah Sheldon: He's only doing that to be nice to her.
Little Chief: Indian dance better. Use feathers.
Susannah Sheldon: Ooh, let me try it on!
Little Chief: No! Only brave wear feathers!
Susannah Sheldon: Well, I've got one, anyway. Where did you get all these things?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)

I've always liked Shirley Temple movies

I have a vast collection of Shirley Temple movies in my possession. I don't however have all of them I am still in search of some of the ones that I don't have but, I do have Susannah of the Mounties and I watch it often. I enjoy this movie because I've always liked movies that have a variety of nationalities in it. And Susannah of the Mounties has a mixture of white and native americans in it and I liked it. True she doesn't sing or dance in it like she is known for in her earlier works but, she still touches the hearts of watchers through her talents. In this movie she ends up teaching watchers that not all native americans are bad and that indeed whites and native americans could live together peacefully. Through her befriending the young native american chief she is showing people that all ethnic groups can live together peacefully and be friends to. She also shows how important it is to be there for loved ones or good friends when they are in need like she does for Inspector Montague after she finds out that he has been captured and almost put to death by the Blackfeet Tribe. And by being friends with Chief Big Eagle and Little Chief she convinces the Blackfeet tribe to save Inspector Montague and to punish the real traitor. I think all her movies teaches us the lessons of life we need to learn and because of her being the popular child star she was and how everyone loved her she was able to teach children good from bad and be the positive influence that she was and always will be.