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Northwest Passage (1940) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 126 mins · English
- Directed by
- King Vidor
- Starring
- Verna Felton, Walter Brennan, Robert Barrat, Nat Pendleton, Robert Young, Spencer Tracy
Based on Kenneth Roberts’s novel, the film follows two friends who enlist in Rogers’ Rangers during the French‑Indian War. It dramatizes the legendary unit’s daring raid on Fort St. Francis and the grueling marches that precede and follow the battle, highlighting the hardships and bravery of the frontier soldiers.
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