Trail of the Yukon is a 1949 American Northern film directed by William Beaudine and starring Kirby Grant, Suzanne Dalbert and Bill Edwards. It was based on a novel by James Oliver Curwood about a North-West Mounted Police officer and his faithful German Shepherd dog Chinook. It is part of the Northern genre. The film was popular, and inspired Monogram to make a series of nine further films starring Grant and Chinook.Drew, p. 225.
Plot When six men rob a bank of $150,000 Mountie Bob McDonald and his dog Chinook go after them. Two outlaws, a father and son, take all of the stolen money and run out on the other outlaws. The father is killed in a shoot-out, and the son is captured by the other outlaws and tied to a tree. Chinook loosens the captive’s ropes with his teeth, and the son is able to help McDonald, who has been wounded. All of the outlaws are captured.Mountie Rob Webb Films 1 - 5
Cast Kirby Grant as Bob McDonald – Royal NW Mounted Suzanne Dalbert as Marie Laroux Bill Edwards as Jim Blaine Iris Adrian as Paula Dan Seymour as Tom Laroux William Forrest as Banker John Dawson Anthony Warde as Muskeg Joe Maynard Holmes as Henchman Buck Peter Mamakos as Henchman Rand Guy Beach as Matt Blaine Stanley Andrews as Rogers Dick Elliott as Editor Sullivan Jay Silverheels as Poleon Bill Kennedy as Constable, RCMP Harrison Hearne as Bank Teller Frank
Reception A Variety review noted that the cast gave "stock performances."
See also Trail of the Yukon (1949) The Wolf Hunters (1949) Snow Dog (1950) Call of the Klondike (1950) Northwest Territory (1951) Yukon Manhunt (1951) Yukon Gold (1952) Fangs of the Arctic (1953) Northern Patrol (1953) Yukon Vengeance (1954)
References
Bibliography Drew, Bernard. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge, 2013. Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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