North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. 126 mins. (1940)
Gary Cooper – Dusty Rivers
A determined Texas Ranger pursues a fugitive to 1880s Canada, where he becomes entangled in the North-West Rebellion and a romantic rivalry while striving to uphold justice far from home.
Also starring Madeleine Carroll, George Bancroft, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, and Robert Preston.
Loosely inspired by the Riel Rebellion in Saskatchewan, the Technicolor epic was filmed largely on Paramount sound stages and Western U.S. locations. It earned four Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Film Editing.