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Back to God's Country

  • 19191919
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 13m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Charles Arling, Wheeler Oakman, and Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
  • Adventure
  • Romance
  • Western
A woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful.A woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful.A woman finds herself all alone in a remote harbor with the man responsible for the murder of her father. With seemingly nobody around to protect her, she has to be resourceful.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
930
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • David Hartford
  • Writers
    • James Oliver Curwood(by)
    • Nell Shipman(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Nell Shipman
    • Charles Arling
    • Wheeler Oakman
Top credits
  • Director
    • David Hartford
  • Writers
    • James Oliver Curwood(by)
    • Nell Shipman(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Nell Shipman
    • Charles Arling
    • Wheeler Oakman
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    • 11User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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  • Photos7

    Shipman in "Back to God's Country", from the Idaho Film Collection's new DVD,  "The Nell Shipman Collection" Volume 1.
    Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
    Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
    Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
    Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)
    Nell Shipman in Back to God's Country (1919)

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    Nell Shipman
    Nell Shipman
    • Dolores LeBeauas Dolores LeBeau
    Charles Arling
    Charles Arling
    • 'Sealskin' Blakeas 'Sealskin' Blake
    Wheeler Oakman
    Wheeler Oakman
    • Peter Burkeas Peter Burke
    Wellington A. Playter
    Wellington A. Playter
    • Capt. Rydalas Capt. Rydal
    Ronald Byram
    • Peter Burke (original casting)as Peter Burke (original casting)
    • (uncredited)
    William Colvin
    • Mountie Shot by Rydalas Mountie Shot by Rydal
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Laidlaw
    • Baptiste LeBeau, Dolores' Fatheras Baptiste LeBeau, Dolores' Father
    • (uncredited)
    Kewpie Morgan
    Kewpie Morgan
    • Bully in Bar Who Shoots Chinamanas Bully in Bar Who Shoots Chinaman
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Murphy
    • The Half-Breedas The Half-Breed
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • David Hartford
    • Writers
      • James Oliver Curwood(by) (adopted from his novel "Wapi the Walrus" in Good Housekeeping Magazine)
      • Nell Shipman(scenario) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Critically ill, lead actor Ronald Byram left the shoot during the first two weeks and was replaced by Wheeler Oakman. It is probable that it is Byram in the close-ups in the sledge in the final chase scenes. Roy Laidlaw is frequently but erroneously referred to as Ralph Laidlaw in the trade press of the time. Edna Shipman did not act in this film as is sometimes claimed. The film opened at the Strand Theater in Owosso, Michigan, where it played for three days. Canadian Photoplays Ltd. was a Calgary-based company incorporated 7 February 1919 under the laws of Alberta. Shipman-Curwood Company was later called Curwood-Carver Productions Inc.
    • Quotes

      Captain Rydal: [titlecard] After a night of evil dreams Rydal's smoldering desire leaps into flame.

    • Connections
      Featured in Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)
    • Soundtracks
      Back to God's Country
      Words by Paul M. Sarazan and Jack B. Weil

      Music by Paul M. Sarazan

    User reviews11

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    Top review
    6/10
    Your basic snowy melodrama?
    Contrived story surrounds a woman who is being blackmailed by a ship's captain who has killed her father and threatens to kills her ailing husband. She's saved by a dog. This is lifted a level above most of its ilk by the quality of its dark, harsh vision: from the first, we're in an arctic canada wher ruthlessness is the rule, as a dog's owner is killed in a bar for no reason (except that he's a "chinaman") much to the amusement of the bar's denizens. Good atmosphere.
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    • funkyfry
    • Sep 24, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 27, 1919 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • Åter till Guds land
    • Filming locations
      • Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Canadian Photoplays Ltd.
      • Shipman-Curwood Company
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $67,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 13 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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