North West Mounted Police (1940)

Director:

Cecil B. DeMille

Writers:

Alan Le May (screenplay) &
Jesse Lasky Jr. (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

22 October 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | Western

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...

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Rebellion | Canada | Nurse | River

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Northwest Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted (USA) (working title)
The Scarlet Riders (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Norway:A | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #6261)

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.

Quotes:

Ronnie Logan: Listen you little wildcat, you're the only real thing that's ever happened to me. And nobody, nothing could ever make me let you go.
Louvette Corbeau: I love you so terrible bad I feel good.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

DOES THE MOON SHINE THROUGH THE LONESOME PINE?

North West Mounted Police

Where can i obtain a copy of this Movie(North West Mounted Police) with Gary Coopr in it or at least Rent it?? Preferably on DVD, although i would accept a VHS rendition as well, I have looked a long time for this Movie. I first saw it when i was 12 years old an it made a lasting impression on me and I have always wanted to own it. I have many of "Coops" movies but till now this one has avoided me. I have always thought Garry Cooper as one of the BEST leading Men and all time best actors,it will be,in my Mind, a long time before the Movies will see his equal, I believe that Grapes of Wrath runs a close second to North Weast Mounted Police.