---
title: 'North West Mounted Police (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/north-west-mounted-police-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032850/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# North West Mounted Police (1940)

1940 · 126 min · Drama, Action, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

North West Mounted Police is a 1940 American epic north-western film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. Written by Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky Jr., and C. Gardner Sullivan, and based on the 1938 novel The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by R. C. Fetherstonhaugh, the film is about a Texas Ranger who joins forces with the North-West Mounted Police to put down a rebellion in the north-west prairies of Canada. The supporting cast features Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr. and George Bancroft. Regis Toomey, Richard Denning, Rod Cameron, and Robert Ryan make brief appearances in the film playing small roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille), [Arthur Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-rosson)
- **Screenplay:** [C. Gardner Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-gardner-sullivan), [Jesse Louis Lasky Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesse-louis-lasky-jr), [Alan Le May](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-le-may)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Victor Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-young)
- **Director of Photography:** [W. Howard Greene](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-howard-greene), [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Paulette Goddard](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulette-goddard)
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-cooper)
- [Francis McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-mcdonald)
- [Lon Chaney Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/lon-chaney-jr)
- [Ynez Seabury](https://cinepixo.com/people/ynez-seabury)
- [Madeleine Carroll](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-carroll)
- [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- [George E. Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-e-stone)
- [Lynne Overman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-overman)
- [Chief Thundercloud](https://cinepixo.com/people/chief-thundercloud)
- [Robert Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-ryan)
- [Georgios Regas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgios-regas)
- [Julia Faye](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-faye)
- [George Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-bancroft)
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/north-west-mounted-police-1940
Film facts: Wikidata (Q963688); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.