Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage (1940)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (492 ratings)

Kenneth Roberts' fact-based novel Northwest Passage would seem too raw and explicit a book to be considered for an MGM film adaptation-much less one in Technicolor. Amazingly, MGM retained many of the grim episodes from the Roberts' novel, though - thanks to the Hays Code - most are discussed rather… More

Unrated, 2 hr. 6 min.
Directed By
King Vidor
Written By
Laurence Stallings
Genres
Western, Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
In Theaters
Feb 23, 1940 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A rousing adventure story of epic proportions.

  • Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com

    Surprisingly gritty, realistic MGM version of early pioneers led by Spencer Tracy's Rogers.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Beautiful photograpy and robust performances.

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