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Director:
Raoul Walsh
Writers:
Leslie T. White (story)
Frank Gruber (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
13 November 1943 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
A woman's lips set the frozen north aflame.
Plot:
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Flynn against the Nazis again...not as good as 'Desperate Journey'... more (12 total)

Cast

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Errol Flynn ... Corporal Steve Wagner
Julie Bishop ... Laura McBain
Helmut Dantine ... Colonel Hugo von Keller
John Ridgely ... Jim Austin

Gene Lockhart ... Ernst
Tom Tully ... Inspector Barnett
Bernard Nedell ... Tom Dagor
Warren Douglas ... Sergeant (scenes deleted)
Monte Blue ... Jean
Alec Craig ... Angus McBain
Rose Higgins ... Rose Dagor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Herbert Heywood ... Farmer (scenes deleted)
Lester Matthews ... Colonel (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | German
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #9294) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Forsythe's film debut. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: In the written order for the German prisoners Wagner gives the Mounties, the date given is August, 1943. But the terrain is covered in deep snow and the temperatures are below freezing. Even in northern Canada, such conditions would not prevail in August. more
Soundtrack:
The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond more

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6 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Flynn against the Nazis again...not as good as 'Desperate Journey'..., 16 October 2004
Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

NORTHERN PURSUIT has some well photographed chase scenes, supposedly through the snow of the Canadian wilderness, although many of the matching shots are clearly studio-bound. Nevertheless, the weak script and cardboard characters contribute toward reducing it to a standard and slick wartime adventure.

Flynn is a Mountie of German descent, pretending Nazi sympathies in order to spy against Nazis operating in Canada. Helmut Dantine is a force to be reckoned with as the head Nazi--but at times is reduced to a standard "dumb" Nazi who falls too easily for Flynn's deception.

It's all supposed to be taken seriously--unlike DESPERATE JOURNEY which injected a great deal of humor into the Flynn-against-Nazis theme. But with cardboard supporting characters adding nothing to the film's credibility--and a weak script--this is strictly for Flynn fans. Julie Bishop makes no impression whatsoever in the feminine lead.

This was hot stuff back in the 1940s, entertaining as a Saturday afternoon diversion. Now it's simply a non-involving Flynn adventure with some nicely photographed snow chase scenes and nothing else that really matters.

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