Northern Patrol (film)

Northern Patrol
Gloria Talbott in a publicity still.
Directed by	Rex Bailey
Written by	James Oliver Curwood (novel) Warren Douglas
Produced by	Lindsley Parsons Ace Herman
Starring	Kirby Grant Marian Carr William Phipps Claudia Drake
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Ace Herman
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	July 12, 1953 (1953-07-12)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Northern Patrol is a 1953 American Northern film directed by Rex Bailey and starring Kirby Grant, Marian Carr and William Phipps. The film was the ninth in a series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie. ^[1]

Plot

Corporal Rod Webb and his dog Chinook reach a cabin and find a hanged man inside. The corporal believes it is murder and not suicide, and he follows a trail that leads to killers looking for treasure hidden in a Native burial ground. The corporal is helped by both a Native girl the murdered man’s sister. ^[2]

Cast

• Kirby Grant as Corporal Rod Webb, RCMP
• Marian Carr as Quebec Kid
• William Phipps as Frank Stevens
• Claudia Drake as Oweena
• Dale Van Sickel as Jason
• Gloria Talbott as Meg Stevens
• Richard Walsh as Constable Ralph Gregg
• Emmett Lynn as Dad
• Frank Lackteen as Dancing Horse
• Frank Sully as Bartender
• Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog

See also

• Trail of the Yukon (1949)
• The Wolf Hunters (1949)
• Snow Dog (1950)
• Call of the Klondike (1950)
• Northwest Territory (1951)
• Yukon Manhunt (1951)
• Yukon Gold (1952)
• Fangs of the Arctic (1953)
• Yukon Vengeance (1954)

References

1. Drew, p. 225.
2. Screen in Review, Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), November 4, 1953, page 28

Bibliography

• Drew, Bernard. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• Northern Patrol at IMDb