Northwest Passage (1940) |
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| Director(s) | King Vidor, Jack Conway (uncredited), W.S. Van Dyke (uncredited) |
| Producer(s) | Hunt Stromberg |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Historical, Romance, War, Western |
Featured Cast of Northwest Passage See More »
Spencer Tracy(as Major Rogers)
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Spencer Tracy
(as Major Rogers)
Robert Young(as Langdon Towne)
Northwest Passage
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1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Robert Young
(as Langdon Towne)
Walter Brennan(as 'Hunk' Marriner)
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Walter Brennan
(as 'Hunk' Marriner)
Ruth Hussey(as Elizabeth Browne)
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Ruth Hussey
(as Elizabeth Browne)
Nat Pendleton(as 'Cap' Huff)
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Nat Pendleton
(as 'Cap' Huff)
Robert Barrat(as Humphrey Towne)
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Robert Barrat
(as Humphrey Towne)
Lumsden Hare(as Lord Amherst)
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Lumsden Hare
(as Lord Amherst)
Donald MacBride(as Sergeant McNott)
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Northwest Passage
Released
1940
Donald MacBride
(as Sergeant McNott)
Northwest Passage Overview:
Northwest Passage (1940) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by King Vidor, Jack Conway (uncredited) and W.S. Van Dyke (uncredited) and produced by Hunt Stromberg.
Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Cinematography | Sidney Wagner, William V. Skall | Nominated |
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Northwest Passage Quotes:
Maj. Robert Rogers:
[referring to Langdon's abdominal wound] Are ypu hurt bad?
Langdon Towne: First thing I've had in my stomach in days.
Langdon Towne: First thing I've had in my stomach in days.
[last lines]
Elizabeth Browne: [standing alongside Langdon Towne as Major Robert Rogers and his rangers march into the distance] Is there, Langdon? Is there a Northwest Passage?
Langdon Towne: Who knows.
[pause]
Langdon Towne: It's every man's dream to find a short route to his heart's desire. If the major dreams long enough, he'll find it.
Elizabeth Browne: Will we hear from him?
Langdon Towne: Hear from him?
[pause]
Langdon Towne: Every time we look across the river we'll hear his voice calling us through the wind. He'll be within us, Elizabeth - wherever we are or he may be - for that man will never die.
Elizabeth Browne: [standing alongside Langdon Towne as Major Robert Rogers and his rangers march into the distance] Is there, Langdon? Is there a Northwest Passage?
Langdon Towne: Who knows.
[pause]
Langdon Towne: It's every man's dream to find a short route to his heart's desire. If the major dreams long enough, he'll find it.
Elizabeth Browne: Will we hear from him?
Langdon Towne: Hear from him?
[pause]
Langdon Towne: Every time we look across the river we'll hear his voice calling us through the wind. He'll be within us, Elizabeth - wherever we are or he may be - for that man will never die.
Cap Huff:
[to Langton] If you're tryin' to drink yourself outta lovesickness, why don't you switch to rum? We've got some rum that'll burn the knots out of a pine plank.
Langdon Towne: [Drunkenly] Bring 'em me.
Langdon Towne: [Drunkenly] Bring 'em me.
Langdon Towne:
[Slapping at mosquitoes as they walk through wetlands] Mosquitoes don't bite you, do they?
Hunk Marriner: Nope.
Langdon Towne: You put something on that keeps them off?
Hunk Marriner: Rancid bear grease. They hate the stink worse than I do.
Langdon Towne: [Smelling some of the bear grease that Hunk offers him] thanks. I'll take the mosquitoes.
See More Quotes from Northwest PassageHunk Marriner: Nope.
Langdon Towne: You put something on that keeps them off?
Hunk Marriner: Rancid bear grease. They hate the stink worse than I do.
Langdon Towne: [Smelling some of the bear grease that Hunk offers him] thanks. I'll take the mosquitoes.
Northwest Passage Facts
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This movie is a pretty faithful telling of Roger's Rangers' raid on the Abenaki town of St. Francis, except for the end. When the Rangers arrived at Fort No. 4 they had missed their resupply by only two hours. Lt. Stephens heard them coming and retreated, thinking the Rangers were French troops. Rogers and a couple of men built a raft and pursued Stephens downriver. They caught up with him and sent the supplies back to No. 4 within 10 days, as Rogers promised. Lt. Stephens was later court-martialed for cowardice and cashiered out of the Rangers.
Members of Roger's Rangers fought on the American side in the initial battles of the Revolutionary War, Lexington and Concord, in 1775.
The part of "Langdon Towne" was originally offered to Robert Taylor, who refused it. It was then given to Robert Young.
The Bible passage that Rogers quotes "The voice of him who crieth in the wilderness... " is from Isaiah 40:3.
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, George Washington refused Rogers request to command troops. Washington suspected that after Rogers' long stay in Britain prior to the outbreak of hostilities that he might be a spy. Washington's fears proved correct as an infuriated Rogers formed a group called the "Queen's Rangers" (later the "King's Rangers") and fought on the side of the Canadians against the Colonies. Canada's "Queen York Rangers" claim to be a direct descendant of Rogers' irregular militia.