Riders of the Northland

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Russell Hayden and Charles Starrett in Riders of the Northland (1942)

Texas rangers Steve Bowie and "Lucky" Laidlaw are assigned, with "Harmony" Bumpus, to investigate possible enemy action in the territory of Alaska. With a short-wave radio, they head for the... Read allTexas rangers Steve Bowie and "Lucky" Laidlaw are assigned, with "Harmony" Bumpus, to investigate possible enemy action in the territory of Alaska. With a short-wave radio, they head for the ranch of Kendall, a murdered Alaskan. Neighboring ranchers Matt Taylor and his daughter, ... Read allTexas rangers Steve Bowie and "Lucky" Laidlaw are assigned, with "Harmony" Bumpus, to investigate possible enemy action in the territory of Alaska. With a short-wave radio, they head for the ranch of Kendall, a murdered Alaskan. Neighboring ranchers Matt Taylor and his daughter, Sheila, investigate men they believe to be tramps. The men ride off shooting, and the purs... Read all

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Charles Starrett

Steve Bowie

Russell Hayden

Lucky Laidlaw

Shirley Patterson

Sheila Taylor

Cliff Edwards

Harmony Bumpas

Bobby Larson

Buddy Taylor

Lloyd Bridges

Alex

Kenneth MacDonald

Matt Taylor

Paul Sutton

Chris Larsen

Rudolph Anders

Nazi Agent
(as Robert O. Davis)

Joe McGuinn

Stacy

Francis Walker

Dobie

George Piltz

Luke

Steve Clark

Foreman
(uncredited)

Jack Evans

Townsman
(uncredited)

Robert Fiske

Mr. Strong
(uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Radio Operator
(uncredited)

Dick Jensen

Henchman
(uncredited)

Frank Mills

Townsman
(uncredited)

Director
- William Berke
Writer
- Paul Franklin
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From Texas to Alaska in Simi Valley

Charles Starrett wants to join the army to fight tyranny, but the Feds want him and fellow Texas Rangers Russell Hayden and Cliff Edwards to stop spies from stealing cattle in Alaska and running a German submarine (!) station in this lively, exciting and preposterous wartime Northerner.

All the outdoors scenes were shot on the Iverson Ranch in Simi Valley, which had served for outdoor shots for thirty years at this point -- it's hard to say whether this was a convention of film making or an acknowledgment that the audience for these movies were easily fooled. Shirley Patterson is the romantic interest and Cliff Edwards, best known for voicing Jiminy Cricket, offers a couple of songs and some clowning. The movie is fast and fun and the camera work by Benjamin Kline -- who had started by shooting movies for Tom Mix -- is fine.

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When the Taylor's caught sight of some strangers looting the Kendall ranch house, the bad guys were all mounted on dark colored horses to make their get away. When the Taylor's ran into Steve Bowie (Starrett), Lucky Laidlaw (Hayden) and Harmony Bumpas (Edwards) giving chase, they mistook them for the bad guys, but Steve was riding a white horse and Lucky was on a palomino. The trio shouldn't have had to explain themselves if anyone in the Taylor party was paying attention.