North West Mounted Police (1940 film)

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North West Mounted Police (1940 film) is a 1940 American Western adventure film directed by Cecil B. DeMille that dramatizes the Canadian North-West Rebellion of 1885.

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instanceOf Western film
film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Art Direction nomination
Academy Award for Best Film Editing nomination
authorOfSourceWork R. C. Fetherstonhaugh
basedOn North West Mounted Police (novel)
cinematography Victor Milner
William C. Mellor
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States
director Cecil B. DeMille
distributor Paramount Pictures
editor Anne Bauchens
filmingFormat 35 mm
genre Western
adventure
historicalEventDramatized North-West Rebellion
language English
leadActorForCharacterDustyRivers Gary Cooper
leadCharacter Dusty Rivers
musicBy Victor Young
narrativeFocus Royal Canadian Mounted Police
notableFor depiction of Canadian historical events by a Hollywood studio
producer Cecil B. DeMille
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
releaseDate October 18, 1940
releaseYear 1940
runtime approximately 126 minutes
screenwriter Alan Le May
C. Gardner Sullivan
Jeanie Macpherson
linked to: Jeanie MacPherson

Jesse Lasky Jr.
linked to: Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
setInCountry Canada
setInPeriod North-West Rebellion
setInYear 1885
starring Akim Tamiroff
Francis McDonald
Gary Cooper
George "Gabby" Hayes
George Bancroft
Ian Keith
John Miljan
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lynne Overman
Madeleine Carroll
Montagu Love
Paulette Goddard
Preston Foster
Robert Preston
Walter Hampden

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Jesse L. Lasky Jr. workedOn North West Mounted Police (1940 film)
Noble Johnson notableWork North West Mounted Police (1940 film)
North West Mounted Police (1940 film) basedOn North West Mounted Police (novel)
linked to: North West Mounted Police (1940 film)