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Northwest Passage (1940) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Northwest Passage (1940) a score of 2.9650 out of 4

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Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

King Vidor's Northwest Passage, a terrific adventure film that's stood the test of time, follows the exploits of a ragtag group of soldiers called Roger's Rangers during the French and Indian War. Based on a novel by Kenneth Roberts, which had...read the complete Northwest Passage (1940) review at Movie Martyr (Jeremy Heilman)

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Movie Mirror

In 1759 Hunk Marriner (Walter Brennan) is in the stocks for disloyal speech and is visited by artist Langdon Towne (Robert Young). Humphrey Towne (Robert Barrat) accepts his son's dismissal from Harvard. Langdon kisses Elizabeth Browne (Ruth Hussey), but...read the complete Northwest Passage (1940) review at Movie Mirror

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filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Young and Brennan play agreeable enough characters, but they don't get mad so much as ornery, even though they are kidnapped, forced to hike miles with gaping wounds, and forced to march on an empty stomach....read the complete Northwest Passage (1940) review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

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The early Technicolor gives the film the look of a children's storybook....read the complete Northwest Passage (1940) review at Time Out (--)

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Users combined give Northwest Passage (1940) a score of 3.6 out of 4

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the best movie not available on dvd (www.amazon.com)

by andy f "andy f" on August 22, 2009

this is a great movie(in my top 10 all-time favorites).tracy delivers his ususal great performance,the setting and story is also great.it is a shame,with all the crap movies on dvd,that this classic on american history has not been released.the best way ...