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Director
  
Henry Hathaway

Music director
  
Dimitri Tiomkin

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Adventure, Romance

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

Spawn of the North movie poster

Writer
  
Jules Furthman
,
Talbot Jennings

Release date
  
1938 (1938)

Screenplay
  
Jules Furthman, Talbot Jennings

Cast
  
George Raft
(Tyler Dawson),
Henry Fonda
(Jim Kimmerlee),
John Barrymore
(Windy Turlon),
Dorothy Lamour
(Nicky Duval),
Akim Tamiroff
(Red Skain),
Louise Platt
(Dian 'Di' Turlon)

Similar movies
  
Alaska Seas (1954)

Spawn of the North is a 1938 film about rival fishermen in Alaska starring George Raft and featuring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, and John Barrymore. The movie was directed by Henry Hathaway.

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Plot

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Jim Kimmerlee owns a salmon cannery. He is pleased to see old friend Tyler Dawson, who has been away hunting seal. Also glad to see Tyler is his sweetheart, hotel owner Nicky Duval.

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Thieves have been stealing from fishing traps. Jim is determined to put a stop to it, engaging in a feud with Red Skain, a Russian fisherman who is suspected in the thefts.

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Di Turlon comes back to town after several years of big-city life. The adjustment to the fishing community is awkward at first, but Di comes around and becomes interested romantically in Jim.

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As he and others go after Red and the thieves, Jim is dismayed to learn that Tyler has become one of Red's accomplices. Planning to catch the fish poachers in the act, Jim tries to spare Tyler by having Nicky sabotage his boat, but Tyler finds another vessel and joins Red at sea. Jim exchanges gunfire with the thieves, killing two and wounding Tyler.

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After being found and helped by his friend after Red has abandoned him, Tyler decides there is one more thing he must do. Close to death, he takes a boat back out, confronts Red, then blows a loud boat whistle that causes an avalanche, resulting in both men's death. Jim speaks admiringly of his friend's sacrificial act.

Cast

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  • George Raft as Tyler Dawson
  • Henry Fonda as Jim Kimmerlee
  • Dorothy Lamour as Nicky Duval
  • Akim Tamiroff as Red Skain
  • John Barrymore as Windy Turlon
  • Louise Platt as "Di" Turlon
  • Lynne Overman as "Jack" Jackson
  • Fuzzy Knight as Lefty Jones
  • Vladimir Sokoloff as Dimitri
  • Duncan Renaldo as Ivan
  • John Wray as Dr. Sparks
  • Michio Ito as Indian Dancer
  • Stanley Andrews as Partridge
  • Richard Ung as Tom

    • Reception

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    The film was a big box office success and was later remade as Alaska Seas (1954).

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    The special effects and production team who worked on Spawn of the North received an Academy Honorary Award at the 11th Academy Awards for their efforts. The award was given to the special effects artist Gordon Jennings, with assistance from Jan Domela, Dev Jennings, Irmin Roberts and Art Smith; the transparencies artist Farciot Edouart, with assistance from Loyal Griggs and the sound effects artist Loren Ryder, with assistance from Harry D. Mills, Louis H. Mesenkop and Walter Oberst.

    References

    Spawn of the North Wikipedia
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