Northwest Passage 

Major Robert Rogers organized "Rogers Rangers" to search for the alleged waterway across the United States during the French and Indian War (1754-1759). Helping Rogers, an experienced ... See full summary »

Stars:

Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen, Don Burnett

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Keith Larsen	...	Major Robert Rogers 26 episodes, 1958-1959
Buddy Ebsen	...	Sergeant Hunk Marriner / ... 26 episodes, 1958-1959
Don Burnett	...	Ensign Langdon Towne / ... 25 episodes, 1958-1959

Storyline

Major Robert Rogers organized "Rogers Rangers" to search for the alleged waterway across the United States during the French and Indian War (1754-1759). Helping Rogers, an experienced explorer and Indian fighter, were Hunk Marriner, another experienced Indian fighter, and Langdon Towne, a Harvard graduate who was the map maker. The episodes told the story of their trials and tribulations searching for the Northwest Passage and their battles with both the French and Indians during this war.

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Plot Keywords:

new york | french and indian war | colonial america | 1750s | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Did You Know?

Quotes

[opening narration]
Narrator: This is a story of early America during the century of conflict between the British and their American colonies against the French and their Indian allies - when men and women, unknown to history, became giants in daring and endurance in their fight for a new country.

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Connections

Edited into Fury River (1961)

User Reviews

Concerning the French and Indian War

"Twenty years after fighting the French in the French and Indian War", is stated above in another comment, as when someone returned to fight for the British in the Revolutionary War.

Considering that the French and Indian War was in 1763, twenty years after that was 1783, which was the year that the Treaty of Paris was signed between Great Britain and the United States, which fully- recognized the independence of the United States! The Revolutionary War was long over with by then, ever since Cornwallis had surrendered to George Washington and his army at Yorktown in October 1781.

Hence, that "twenty years" is way off. Fifteen years would give 1778, which was in the heart of the Revolutionary War.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1958 (USA)

Also Known As:

Frontier rangers

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MGM Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min (26 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1