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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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Time Out (--)
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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Overall Rating:
2.8720
Northwest Passage (1940) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.9650
Northwest Passage (1940) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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