Film Snail

5.9

Northern Pursuit

NR·1943·93m

Adventure

War

Drama

Adventure

War

Drama

Summary

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.

Cast

Errol Flynn

Corporal Steve Wagner

Julie Bishop

Laura McBain

Helmut Dantine

Colonel Hugo von Keller

Gene Lockhart

Ernst Willis

John Ridgely

Jim Austen

Tom Tully

Inspector Barnett

Alec Craig

Angus McBain

Rose Higgins

Rose Dagor (uncredited)

Bernard Nedell

Tom Dagor

Tom Drake

Heinzmann (uncredited)

Richard Allord

Jochim Preisser (uncredited)

Warren Douglas

Sergeant (scenes deleted)

Monte Blue

Jean

John Alvin

Orderly (uncredited)

Robert Ashley

German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

Glen Cavender

Workman (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Winnipeg Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Judge (uncredited)

Robert Dayne

German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

Jim Dugan

Mountie (uncredited)

Alf Engen

Nazi Soldier (uncredited)

Ben Erway

Immigration Officer (uncredited)

Tom Fadden

Hobby (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Turnkey (uncredited)

John Forsythe

Corporal (uncredited)

Arno Frey

Submarine Captain (uncredited)

Bob Gary

Nazi Soldier (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

German Agent (uncredited)

Arthur Gould-Porter

Little Man on Train (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Bailiff at Winnipeg Trial (uncredited)

Carl Harbaugh

Radio Operator (uncredited)

Joe Haworth

Mountie (uncredited)

George Herrera

Mountie (uncredited)

Joe Herrera

Indian Guide (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Farmer (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

Chief Inspector (uncredited)

Robert Hutton

Internment Camp Guard (uncredited)

Paul Irving

Lawyer (uncredited)

Charles Judels

Nick - Barber (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Bill Kennedy

Mountie (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Guest at Inn (uncredited)

Robert Kent

Soldier (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Reporter at Winnipeg (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Guy Kingsford

Campbell - Mountie at Post (uncredited)

George Kirby

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

John Lannon Jr.

German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

George Lynn

Johnson - Mountie (uncredited)

Lou Marcelle

Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Charles Marsh

Man in Camel Hair Coat (uncredited)

Clay Martin

Nazi Soldier (uncredited)

Lester Matthews

Colonel (uncredited)

James Millican

Army Driver (uncredited)

Pat Moriarity

Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)

Martin Noble

German Cook (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Train Station Passenger (uncredited)

William Osten

German Sergeant (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Hugh Prosser

Corporal (uncredited)

John Royce

German Aviator (uncredited)

Eddie Searles

German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

George Sherwood

Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Jay Silverheels

Indian (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

Passerby (uncredited)

Cliff Storey

German Ski Trooper (uncredited)

Sam Waagenaar

German Assistant Cook (uncredited)

Glen Walters

Guest at Inn (uncredited)

Leo White

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Guest at Inn (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Raoul Walsh

Screenplay

Frank Gruber

Screenplay

Alvah Bessie

Story

Leslie T. White

Writer

William Faulkner

Reviews

talisencrw

October 7, 2016

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.