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North West Mounted Police
UNITED STATES · 1940

North West Mounted Police

Cecil B. DeMille
frontier justice colonial conflict love triangle Riel Rebellion pursuit and manhunt
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Synopsis

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. Apri

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