North West Mounted Police
DeMille's first film in Technicolor! 10 Great Stars! 2 Glorious Love Stories! 1,000 Unforgettable Thrills!
6.4(45) 1940-10-22 126 minActionWesternAdventureRomance
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
ScreenplayJesse Lasky Jr.
DirectorCecil B. DeMille
ScreenplayAlan Le May
ProducerCecil B. DeMille
Original Music ComposerVictor Young
Cast & characters
Gary Cooper
as Dusty Rivers
Madeleine Carroll
as April Logan
Paulette Goddard
as Louvette Corbeau
Preston Foster
as Sergeant Jim Brett
Robert Preston
as Ronnie Logan
Akim Tamiroff
as Dan Duroc
George Bancroft
as Jacques Corbeau
Lynne Overman
as Tod McDuff
Walter Hampden
as Big Bear
Lon Chaney Jr.
as Shorty
Montagu Love
as Inspector Cabot
Francis McDonald
as Louis Riel
George E. Stone
as Johnny Pelang
Willard Robertson
as Supt. Harrington
Regis Toomey
as Constable Jerry Moore
Richard Denning
as Constable Thornton
Douglas Kennedy
as Constable Carter
Robert Ryan
as Constable Dumont
James Seay
as Constable Fenton
Lane Chandler
as Constable Fyffe
Ralph Byrd
as Constable Ackroyd
Eric Alden
as Constable Kent
Wallace Reid Jr.
as Constable Rankin
Bud Geary
as Constable Herrick
