Northwest Trail

Northwest Trail
	Original film poster
Directed by	Derwin Abrahams
Produced by	William B. David; Max King; presented by; Robert L. Lippert
Written by	William Beaudine (adaptation); Harvey Gates (screenplay); L. J. Swabacher
Based on	story by James Oliver Curwood
Starring	Bob Steele
Music by	Frank Sanucci
Cinematography	Marcel Le Picard
Edited by	Thomas Neff
Production; company	Action Pictures
Distributed by	Screen Guild Productions (US); Exclusive (UK)
Release date	November 30, 1945 (United States);
Running time	66 minutes; 61 minutes; (American DVD)
Country	United States
Language	English

Northwest Trail is a 1945 American contemporary Northwestern film directed by Derwin Abrahams shot in Cinecolor at Lake Hemet, California. It stars Bob Steele, Joan Woodbury, and Madge Bellamy making a comeback appearance in her final film.[1][2]

Plot

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Trooper O'Brien assists Kate Owens when her car breaks down. Upon arrival at headquarters, his Inspector-in-charge assigns him to escort Kate to visit her Uncle in Morgan's Post located in the backwoods. As there are no roads to the area the two must travel by horse. O'Brien has two other tasks when he arrives; to discover why RCMP Sergeant Means has not filed a report in months and to investigate the complaint of Poodles Hanneford who alleges that the river going through his property has been blocked off and he has been fired upon when investigating.

What begins as a screwball comedy film between the witty Kate and strait-laced Mountie takes many unexpected turns when a rider steals Kate's suitcase that contains $20,000 but the rider is found shot to death with the money missing. Upon arrival in Morgan's Post Sgt Means chastises O'Brien for his incompetence and orders him back to headquarters.

Cast

Bob Steele as RCMP Matt O'Brien
Joan Woodbury as Kate Owens
John Litel as Sergeant Means
Raymond Hatton as Morgan
Madge Bellamy as Mrs. Yeager
Ian Keith as Inspector McGrath
George Meeker as Whitey Yeager
Charles B. Middleton as Pierre
John Hamilton as John Owens
Poodles Hanneford as Poodles Hanneford
Gracie Hanneford as Jill Hanneford

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References

Scott, J. L. (16 November 1945). "Bracken has comic fling in 'hold that blonde'". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165630929.
"Northwest trail". Monthly Film Bulletin. 13. 1946. p. 98. ProQuest 1305814428.

External links

Northwest Trail on IMDb
Northwest Trail is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Northwest Trail at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Scott, J. L. (16 November 1945). "Bracken has comic fling in 'hold that blonde'". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165630929.

[2] "Northwest trail". Monthly Film Bulletin. 13. 1946. p. 98. ProQuest 1305814428.