''Northwest Territory'' is a 1951 American
Northern
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Geography
* North, a point in direction
* Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe
* Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States
* Northern Province, Sri Lanka
* Northern Range, a ra ...
film directed by
Frank McDonald and starring
Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series ''Sky King''. B ...
,
Gloria Saunders
Gloria Ella Saunders (September 29, 1927 – June 4, 1980) was an American actress of film and television, primarily from the late 1940s to 1960.
Background Career
Saunders acting career began on stage. She was discovered when she performed ...
and
Warren Douglas
Warren Douglas (born Warren Douglas Wandberg; July 29, 1911 – November 15, 1997) was an American actor and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Minneapolis, Douglas was a 1929 graduate of Minneapolis South High School. He later attended the Minneapo ...
. The film is the fifth in the
series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian
Mountie
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...
.
[Drew, p. 225.]
Plot
Cast
*
Kirby Grant
Kirby Grant (November 24, 1911 – October 30, 1985), born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., was a long-time B movie and television actor, mostly remembered for having played the title role in the Western-themed adventure television series ''Sky King''. B ...
as
Corporal Rod Webb
Corporal Rod Webb and his faithful dog Chinook were the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1949 and 1954. Webb was played by the actor Kirby Grant in eight films, while in two others (''Trai ...
*
Gloria Saunders
Gloria Ella Saunders (September 29, 1927 – June 4, 1980) was an American actress of film and television, primarily from the late 1940s to 1960.
Background Career
Saunders acting career began on stage. She was discovered when she performed ...
as Anne DuMere
*
Warren Douglas
Warren Douglas (born Warren Douglas Wandberg; July 29, 1911 – November 15, 1997) was an American actor and screenwriter.
Career
Born in Minneapolis, Douglas was a 1929 graduate of Minneapolis South High School. He later attended the Minneapo ...
as Dan Morgan
* Pat Mitchell as Billy Kellogg
*
Tristram Coffin as Kincaid
*
John Crawford as LeBeau
*
Duke York
Duke York ( Charles Everest Sinsabaugh; October 17, 1908January 24, 1952), was an American film actor and stuntman who appeared in nearly 160 films between 1932 and 1952. He was also known as Duke Owl.
Early years
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd ...
as Dawson
*
Don C. Harvey
Don Carlos Harvey (December 12, 1911 – April 23, 1963) was an American television and film actor.
Life
Born in Council Grove in Morris County in east central Kansas, Harvey began his acting career by performing on radio and in tent shows and ...
as Barton
*
Sam Flint
Sam Flint (born Samuel A. Ethridge; October 19, 1882 – October 17, 1980) was an American actor.
Flint appeared in more than 230 films, often as a "judge, lawyer, military officer, senator, sheriff, chief of police, or doctor."
Flint was ...
as Pop Kellogg
* Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog
See also
* ''
Trail of the Yukon
''Trail of the Yukon'' is a 1949 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert and Bill Edwards. It was based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood about a North-West Mounted Police officer and his ...
'' (1949)
* ''
The Wolf Hunters'' (1949)
* ''
Snow Dog
''Snow Dog'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Elena Verdugo and Rick Vallin. It was the third of a series of ten films featuring Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225.
Plot
Cast
* Kir ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Call of the Klondike
''Call of the Klondike'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, and Lynne Roberts. The film was the fourth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Dre ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Yukon Manhunt
''Yukon Manhunt'' is a 1951 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Gail Davis and Margaret Field. The film was the sixth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225. ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Yukon Gold'' (1952)
* ''
Fangs of the Arctic
''Fangs of the Arctic'' is a 1953 American Northern film directed by Rex Bailey and starring Kirby Grant, Lorna Hanson and Warren Douglas. The film was the eighth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Northern Patrol
The Northern Patrol, also known as Cruiser Force B and the Northern Patrol Force, was an operation of the British Royal Navy during the First World War and Second World War. The Patrol was part of the British "distant" blockade of Germany. Its ma ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Yukon Vengeance
''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Monte Hale and Mary Ellen Kay.Marshall p. 346 It was the tenth and final film featuring Grant as Mountie Corporal Rod Webb, assisted by ...
'' (1954)
References
Bibliography
* Drew, Bernard. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013.
External links
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1951 films
1951 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Corporal Rod Webb (film series)
1950s English-language films
Films based on American novels
Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood
Films directed by Frank McDonald
Films produced by Lindsley Parsons
Monogram Pictures films
Northern (genre) films
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction
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