Spawn of the North (1938)
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60% of users liked it
(101 ratings)
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 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 Raft). While Jim attempts to make an honest living, Tyler, whose frustrated dreams of buying his own schooner don't look to be realized anytime soon, has signed on with a Russian crew that steals the catch from others' nets. While the rivalry between the two one-time pals heats up, Jim begins romancing Dian Turlan (Louise Platt), the daughter of a local newspaperman and renowned tippler, Windy Turlon (John Barrymore). Spawn of the North (1938) was remade as Alaska Seas (1954). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Henry Hathaway
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 26, 1938 Wide
Critic Reviews
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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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Cast
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George Raft
as Tyler Dawson
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Henry Fonda
as Jim Kimmerlee
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Dorothy Lamour
as Nicky Duval
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Akim Tamiroff
as Red Skain
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John Barrymore
as Windy Turlon
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Louise Platt
as Diane
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Lynne Overman
as Jackson
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Fuzzy Knight
as Lefty Jones
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Vladimir Sokoloff
as Dimitri
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Duncan Renaldo
as Ivan
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Richard Ung
as Tom
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Lee Shumway
as Fisherman
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Stanley Andrews
as Partridge
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Guy Usher
as Grant
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Henry Brandon
as Davis
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Egon Brecher
as Erickson
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Harvey Clark
as Purser
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Galan Galt
as Fisherman
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Monte Blue
as Cannery Official
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Irving Bacon
as Cannery Official
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Robert Middlemass
as Davis
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Adia Kuznetzoff
as Vashia
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Alex Woloshin
as Gregory
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Arthur Ayleswofth
as Fisherman
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Rollo Lloyd
as Fisherman
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Archie Twitchell
as Fisherman
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Michio Ito
as Indian Dancer
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John Wray
as Dr. Sparks
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Eddie Marr
as First Red's gang
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Frank Puglia
as Second Red's gang
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Wade Boteler
as Fisherman
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Edmund Elton
as Minister
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Seal: Slicker
as Himself
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Leonid Snegoff
as Red's Gang
