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North West Mounted Police

(1940)

October 22, 1940 2h 6m
64%
TMDB Score

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.)

Cecil B. DeMille

Director

Top Billed Cast

GC

Gary Cooper

Dusty Rivers

MC

Madeleine Carroll

April Logan

PG

Paulette Goddard

Louvette Corbeau

PF

Preston Foster

Sergeant Jim Brett

RP

Robert Preston

Ronnie Logan

AT

Akim Tamiroff

Dan Duroc

GB

George Bancroft

Jacques Corbeau

LO

Lynne Overman

Tod McDuff

WH

Walter Hampden

Big Bear

LCJ

Lon Chaney Jr.

Shorty