North West Mounted Police (1940)

6.4/10 126 min Action Western Adventure Romance

Overview

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.)

Cast

Gary Cooper

Dusty Rivers

Madeleine Carroll

April Logan

Paulette Goddard

Louvette Corbeau

Preston Foster

Sergeant Jim Brett

Robert Preston

Ronnie Logan

Akim Tamiroff

Dan Duroc

George Bancroft

Jacques Corbeau

Lynne Overman

Tod McDuff

Walter Hampden

Big Bear

Lon Chaney Jr.

Shorty

Montagu Love

Inspector Cabot

Francis McDonald

Louis Riel

George E. Stone

Johnny Pelang

Willard Robertson

Supt. Harrington

Regis Toomey

Constable Jerry Moore

Richard Denning

Constable Thornton

Douglas Kennedy

Constable Carter

Robert Ryan

Constable Dumont

James Seay

Constable Fenton

Lane Chandler

Constable Fyffe

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