Movie Cosmos - Northern Pursuit

Description:

Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.

Top Cast >

Errol Flynn

As Corporal Steve Wagner

Julie Bishop

As Laura McBain

Helmut Dantine

As Colonel Hugo von Keller

Gene Lockhart

As Ernst Willis

John Ridgely

As Jim Austen

Tom Tully

As Inspector Barnett

Alec Craig

As Angus McBain

Rose Higgins

As Rose Dagor (uncredited)

Bernard Nedell

As Tom Dagor

Tom Drake

As Heinzmann (uncredited)

Richard Allord

As Jochim Preisser (uncredited)

Warren Douglas

As Sergeant (scenes deleted)

Monte Blue

As Jean

John Alvin

As Orderly (uncredited)

Robert Ashley

As German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

As Workman (uncredited)

Ken Christy

As Winnipeg Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

As Judge (uncredited)

Robert Dayne

As German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

Jim Dugan

As Mountie (uncredited)

Alf Engen

As Nazi Soldier (uncredited)

Ben Erway

As Immigration Officer (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

As Hobby (uncredited)

Jim Farley

As Turnkey (uncredited)

John Forsythe

As Corporal (uncredited)

Arno Frey

As Submarine Captain (uncredited)

Bob Gary

As Nazi Soldier (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

As German Agent (uncredited)

Arthur Gould-Porter

As Little Man on Train (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

As Bailiff at Winnipeg Trial (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh

As Radio Operator (uncredited)

Joe Haworth

As Mountie (uncredited)

George Herrera

As Mountie (uncredited)

Joe Herrera

As Indian Guide (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

As Farmer (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

As Chief Inspector (uncredited)

Robert Hutton

As Internment Camp Guard (uncredited)

Paul Irving

As Lawyer (uncredited)

Charles Judels

As Nick - Barber (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

Bill Kennedy

As Mountie (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

As Guest at Inn (uncredited)

Robert Kent

As Soldier (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

As Reporter at Winnipeg (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

As Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Guy Kingsford

As Campbell - Mountie at Post (uncredited)

George Kirby

As Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

John Lannon Jr.

As German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

George Lynn

As Johnson - Mountie (uncredited)

Lou Marcelle

As Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Charles Marsh

As Man in Camel Hair Coat (uncredited)

Clay Martin

As Nazi Soldier (uncredited)

Lester Matthews

As Colonel (uncredited)

James Millican

As Army Driver (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity

As Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

Jack Mower

As Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)

Martin Noble

As German Cook (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

As Train Station Passenger (uncredited)

William Osten

As German Sergeant (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

As Train Conductor (uncredited)

Hugh Prosser

As Corporal (uncredited)

John Royce

As German Aviator (uncredited)

Eddie Searles

As German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

George Sherwood

As Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Jay Silverheels

As Indian (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

As Passerby (uncredited)

Cliff Storey

As German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

Sam Waagenaar

As German Assistant Cook (uncredited)

Glen Walters

As Guest at Inn (uncredited)

Leo White

As Train Passenger (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

As Guest at Inn (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Raoul Walsh

Director

Tyrus Wong

Art Department Assistant

Alf Engen

Technical Advisor

Roy Davidson

Special Effects

Buster Wiles

Stunt Double

Leah Rhodes

Costume Design

Leo F. Forbstein

Music Director

Louis Baum

Unit Manager

Don Siegel

Second Unit Director, Editorial Staff

Bruce Carruthers

Technical Advisor

Howard Jackson

Music

Max Steiner

Music

Stanley Jones

Sound

William Faulkner

Writer

Casey Roberts

Set Decoration

James McMahon

Assistant Director

Jerome Moross

Orchestrator, Music Arranger

Hugh Cummings

Dialogue Coach

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Jack L. Warner

Presenter, Executive Producer

James Leicester

Editorial Staff

Frank Gruber

Screenplay

Alvah Bessie

Screenplay

Leslie T. White

Story

Sidney Hickox

Director of Photography

Jack Chertok

Producer

Leo K. Kuter

Art Direction

Jack Killifer

Editor

Adolph Deutsch

Original Music Composer

Reviews:

talisencrw (8/10)

Basically 'Errol Flynn vs. the Nazis, Round 3' Battleground: Canada

Being myself a Canadian, I was thrilled to find in my 'TCM Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures' (five films made during WWII in which Errol Flynn battles the Nazis) a film helmed by one of my favourite American directors of the period, in Raoul Walsh, with Flynn starring as a RCMP officer (typically called 'Mountie') making sure the Nazis can't succeed in their quest to sneak into Canada and, there, create another front in their quest to bring hell on Earth. As a child, I loved his rendition of one of my very favourite heroes (Robin Hood), and lately I quite enjoyed seeing the ill-starred (dying at 50 [again in Canada] from a heart attack brought on by chronic alcoholism) native Australian who was perhaps the second-most alluring male thespian of all-time, behind the equally ill-fated Rudolph Valentino, in an audacious TCM 4-pack of outstanding adventure movies, such as 'Captain Blood' and 'The Sea Hawk', and an equally intriguing 4-pack of Westerns he made as his star began to wane.

This doesn't disappoint, as Walsh directs, just like he always does, with an appealing eye and a talent for setting up suspense and excitement. Highly recommended to either fans of Flynn, war films or of cinema from the period.

2016-10-07