Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North (1938)

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The visual wizardry in this period action picture about Alaskan fishermen won a special honorary Oscar in the years before special effects got its own category. Henry Fonda stars as Jim Kimmerlee, a salmon fisherman in Alaska who has become at odds with a childhood friend, Tyler Dawson (George… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By
Henry Hathaway
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
In Theaters
Aug 26, 1938 Wide
On DVD
Mar 31, 1998

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Half-baked Western set as an Alaskan fish story about childhood friends who become bitter rivals as adults.

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