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Director:
Cecil B. DeMille
Writers:
Alan Le May (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
22 October 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
The roaring magnificence of "Union Pacific" . . . the pulse-pounding action of "The Plainsman" . . . two surging love stories woven into an unforgettable drama of human emotions . . . told against the blazing beauty of the northern forests . . . filmed in SUPER TECHNICOLOR !
Plot:
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations more
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DeMille's Tribute to the Royal Mounties more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gary Cooper ... Dusty Rivers
Madeleine Carroll ... April Logan

Paulette Goddard ... Louvette Corbeau
Preston Foster ... Sgt. Jim Brett
Robert Preston ... Ronnie Logan
George Bancroft ... Jacques Corbeau
Lynne Overman ... Tod McDuff
Akim Tamiroff ... Dan Duroc
Walter Hampden ... Big Bear

Lon Chaney Jr. ... Shorty
Montagu Love ... Insp. Cabot
Francis McDonald ... Louis Riel
George E. Stone ... Johnny Pelang
Willard Robertson ... Supt. Harrington
Regis Toomey ... Const. Jerry Moore
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Northwest Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted (USA) (working title)
The Scarlet Riders (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
126 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Joel McCrea was originally cast as Dusty Rivers, the part played by Gary Cooper. more
Quotes:
Dusty Rivers: I was pinned under a log so tight I was breathin' on the installment plan. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
DOES THE MOON SHINE THROUGH THE LONESOME PINE? more

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10 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
DeMille's Tribute to the Royal Mounties, 13 November 1999
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Author: guil fisher from New York City, NY

Cecil B. DeMille, once again, brings a Technicolor epic to the screen. This time it concerns the Royal Canadian Mounties (Red Coats) a Texas Ranger, in search of a criminal dealing with the Indians in frontier Canada, during the eighteen-eighties, by selling them guns, and the half-breeds that are being controlled by the Mounties.

Along the way the Texas Ranger(Gary Cooper)falls for a pretty Army nurse (Madelaine Carroll) who is also courted by a Mountie Officer (Preston Foster). The nurse's brother, also a Mountie (Robert Preston) is under the spell of a beautiful half-breed (Paulette Goddard) who's father is the criminal (George Bancroft) that is being sought.

As in DeMille plots, the hero saves the day, but not without a sacrifice of some of the supporting players. Won't tell you who. See the picture.

Coop and Carroll do a wonderful job, taking some pretty silly lines, even for the forties, and making them work. Both look their best at the peaks of their careers. Preston and Foster (Robert and Preston, that is) do admirable jobs. Robert Preston looking very young with a full head of blonde curly hair. Playing the tempestuous half-breed, Paulette Goddard got a big break in her career with this role. It is said she wanted the part so bad, she donned herself in dark skin make-up, put on an Indian get-up with feathers and walked into DeMille's office saying, "You teenk you wan beeg director, hah? Me, Louvette, show you!" She got the part and played it to the hilt with her dark skin and beautiful blue eyes, beating out Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth also up for the role. Goddard went on to play in two more DeMille pictures, REAP THE WILD WIND and UNCONQUERED, this time performing leading roles.

There is an excellent supporting cast of character actors, namely; Lynne Overman, Akim Tamiroff, Walter Hampden, Lon Chaney, Jr, Robert Ryan and Rod Cameron who went on to star in Republic Pictures westerns.

POLICE is not yet on video, although most other DeMille films are, but it can be seen once in a while on AMC Classic Movies on TV.

Great DeMille entertainment.

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