Northwest Passage

About Northwest Passage

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St.

Northwest Passage is a 1940 history war film directed by King Vidor. The film is filed under whimsical, native american, cannibal, and massacre.

Spencer Tracy appears as Major Robert Rogers, Robert Young as Langdon Towne, Walter Brennan as 'Hunk' Marriner, and Ruth Hussey as Elizabeth Browne. At 126 minutes long, it arrived in February 1940.

The screenplay is by Laurence Stallings and Talbot Jennings.

Bone Tomahawk, The Revenant, and The Last of the Mohicans make useful companions to Northwest Passage, all filed under scalping. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 67 votes and it carries a NR rating.