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(Redirected from Northwest Passage (1940 film))
'''Northwest Passage''' is a 1940 film, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey, and others. It is based on a novel by Kenneth Roberts titled ''Northwest Passage'' (1937).
It is set in the mid 18th century during the French and Indian War (as the Seven Years' War in North America is usually known in the US). It gives an account of an attack by Rogers' Rangers on Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, a settlement of the Abenakis, an American Indian tribe. The purpose of the raid is to avenge the many attacks on British settlers and deter further attacks.
The title is something of a misnomer, since this film is a truncated version of the original story, and only at the end do we find that Rogers and his men are about to go on a search for the Northwest Passage.
Some viewers criticized the depiction of American Indians as racist and extreme, even by the standards of Hollywood at the time. This treatment, however, mirrors the book which was highly regarded for its historical research and accuracy.
The movie was filmed in central Idaho, near Payette Lake and the city of McCall.
Director King Vidor attempted to make a sequel to the film in which Roger's Rangers find the Northwest Passage. But the filming never began. This is why the film ''Northwest Passage'' was subtitled ''Book One:Rogers Rangers''.
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'''Northwest Passage''' is a 1940 film, starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Hussey, and others. It is based on a novel by Kenneth Roberts titled ''Northwest Passage'' (1937).
It is set in the mid 18th century during the French and Indian War (as the Seven Years' War in North America is usually known in the US). It gives an account of an attack by Rogers' Rangers on Saint-François-du-Lac, Quebec, a settlement of the Abenakis, an American Indian tribe. The purpose of the raid is to avenge the many attacks on British settlers and deter further attacks.
The title is something of a misnomer, since this film is a truncated version of the original story, and only at the end do we find that Rogers and his men are about to go on a search for the Northwest Passage.
Some viewers criticized the depiction of American Indians as racist and extreme, even by the standards of Hollywood at the time. This treatment, however, mirrors the book which was highly regarded for its historical research and accuracy.
The movie was filmed in central Idaho, near Payette Lake and the city of McCall.
Director King Vidor attempted to make a sequel to the film in which Roger's Rangers find the Northwest Passage. But the filming never began. This is why the film ''Northwest Passage'' was subtitled ''Book One:Rogers Rangers''.
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