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Saskatchewan Directed by Raoul Walsh Produced by Aaron Rosenberg Written by Gil Doud (story) Starring Alan Ladd
Shelley WintersCinematography John F. Seitz Editing by Frank Gross Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date(s) March 30, 1954 Running time 87 min. Country United States Language English Saskatchewan is a 1954 fictional American Northern/ western Technicolor film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Alan Ladd and Shelley Winters. The film was shot in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, not far from the headwaters of the Saskatchewan River. The film was titled O'Rourke of the Canadian Mounted in the UK.
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Plot
North-West Mounted Police Sub-Inspector O'Rourke and his Cree half brother Cajou are returning from a trapping trip in northern Canada when they encounter a burned wagon train and sole survivor Grace. Despite the advice of the Metis scout Batouche the naive new Mountie commander Inspector Benton (recently arrived from England) believes it to be a Cree attack, however the Sioux from across the border are trying to force the Cree into being allies in their struggle with the U.S. 7th Cavalry .
O'Rourke goes against his commanding officer who have offended the Cree by disarming them; O'Rourke losing his friendship with Cajou when he personally has to take his rifle away. He later mutinies to save the Mounties who have to leave their Fort Saskatchewan for a rendezvous with a larger command at Fort Walsh. He must also aid Grace (with whom he falls in love), but she is not as helpless as she first seems as an American lawman Hugh O'Brien has papers for her extradition for murder.
Cast
- Alan Ladd as Thomas O'Rourke
- Shelley Winters as Grace Markey
- J. Carrol Naish as Batouche
- Hugh O'Brian as Carl Smith
- Robert Douglas as Benton
- George J. Lewis as Lawson
- Richard Long as Patrick J. Scanlon
- Jay Silverheels as Cajou
- Anton Moreno as Chief Dark Cloud
- Frank Chase as Keller
- Lowell Gilmore as Banks
- Anthony Caruso as Spotted Eagle
- Henry Wills as Merrill
- Bob Herron as Brill
See also
External links
- Saskatchewan at the Internet Movie Database
- Alan Ladd at the Internet Movie Database
- York Times film review
Films directed by Raoul Walsh 1910s The Life of General Villa (1914) · Regeneration (1915) · Carmen (1915) · The Serpent (1916) · The Prussian Cur (1918)1920s Kindred of the Dust (1922) · Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (1923) · The Thief of Bagdad (1924) · The Lucky Lady (1926) · What Price Glory? (1926) · Sadie Thompson (1928) · The Cock-Eyed World (1929) · Hot for Paris (1929)1930s The Big Trail (1930) · The Man Who Came Back (1931) · The Yellow Ticket (1931) · Wild Girl (1932) · Me and My Gal (1932) · Sailor's Luck (1933) · Hello, Sister! (1933) · The Bowery (1933) · Going Hollywood (1933) · Every Night at Eight (1935) · Klondike Annie (1936) · Big Brown Eyes (1936) · Artists and Models (1937) · Hitting a New High (1937) · College Swing (1938) · St. Louis Blues (1939) · The Roaring Twenties (1939)1940s Dark Command (1940) · They Drive by Night (1940) · High Sierra (1941) · The Strawberry Blonde (1941) · Manpower (1941) · They Died with Their Boots On (1941) · Desperate Journey (1942) · Gentleman Jim (1942) · Background to Danger (1943) · Northern Pursuit (1943) · Uncertain Glory (1944) · Objective, Burma! (1945) · Salty O'Rourke (1945) · The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) · The Man I Love (1947) · Pursued (1947) · Cheyenne (1947) · Silver River (1948) · Fighter Squadron (1948) · One Sunday Afternoon (1948) · Colorado Territory (1949) · White Heat (1949)1950s Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) · Along the Great Divide (1951) · Distant Drums (1951) · Glory Alley (1952) · The World in His Arms (1952) · Blackbeard the Pirate (1952) · The Lawless Breed (1953) · Sea Devils (1953) · A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) · Gun Fury (1953) · Saskatchewan (1954) · Battle Cry (1955) · The Tall Men (1955) · The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) · The King and Four Queens (1956) · Band of Angels (1957) · The Naked and the Dead (1958) · The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) · A Private's Affair (1959)1960s Categories:- American films
- 1954 films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films shot in Technicolor
- Films directed by Raoul Walsh
- 1950s Western films
- Films shot in Alberta
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction
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