Northwest Rangers (1942)
FOR ROUGH-AND-READY ROMANCE RIDE WITH THE NORTHWEST RANGERS
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
- Date of release
- 1942-10-28
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Drama, Western, Action
- Director
- Joseph M. Newman
Casting
- James Craig — Frank 'Blackie' Marshal
- William Lundigan — James Kevin Gardiner
- Patricia Dane — Jean Avery
- John Carradine — Martin Caswell
- Keenan Wynn — 'Slip' O'Mara
- Jack Holt — Duncan Frazier
- Grant Withers — Fowler
- Darryl Hickman — 'Blackie' - as a Boy
- Drew Roddy — Jim - as a Boy
- Luis Alberni — Jacques
- Hugh Beaumont — Warren - Mountie Who Finds Fowler's Body
- Michael Browne — Blackjack Dealer
Interesting facts
Northwest Rangers is a 1942 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer northern film that is a remake of Manhattan Melodrama set in the North-West Mounted Police of Canada. It was also known as Gambler's Choice.
Production
The film was a remake of Manhattan Melodrama and was originally called Gambler's Choice. It was the feature directorial debut for Joe Newman, who had made a number of short films for MGM as well as having worked as an assistant director at the studio for many years. The leads were to be Patricia Dane, William Lundigan and John Carroll. The lead role was given to James Craig.
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