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Northwest Passage is a 26-episode half-hour adventure television series produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer about Major Robert Rogers during the time of the French and Indian War (1756–1763). The show derived its title and the main characters Rogers, Towne, and Marriner from the 1937 novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts, and from the 1940 MGM feature film based on the novel. The scope of the novel was much broader than that of the series, and the second half of the book included an historically based attempt by Rogers to find a water route through North America as a "passage" to the Pacific Ocean. This attempt, lending its name to the novel and used by Roberts as a metaphor for the questing human spirit, is referenced in the first episode.
Original Release
09/14/1958 on NBC
US Release
09/14/1958
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith Larsen | Major Robert Rogers |
Buddy Ebsen | Sergeant Hunk Marriner / Hunk Marriner |
Don Burnett | Ensign Langdon Towne / Langdon Towne |
Philip Tonge | General Amherst |
Lisa Gaye | Natula |
Larry Chance | Black Wolf / Chief Black Wolf |
Charles Horvath | Sailor Henchman / Smith |
Harry Lauter | Ranger Mason |
Carole Mathews | Lila Jason |
Denny Miller | Ranger Cooper |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Fight at the River | Sunday, 14 September 1958 |
2 | The Red Coat | Sunday, 21 September 1958 |
3 | The Gunsmith | Sunday, 28 September 1958 |
4 | Surprise Attack | Sunday, 05 October 1958 |
5 | The Bound Women | Sunday, 12 October 1958 |
6 | Break Out | Sunday, 19 October 1958 |
7 | Court Martial | Sunday, 26 October 1958 |
8 | The Hostage | Sunday, 02 November 1958 |
9 | Sorrow Song | Sunday, 09 November 1958 |
10 | The Assassin | Sunday, 16 November 1958 |
11 | The Long Rifle | Sunday, 23 November 1958 |
12 | War Sign | Thursday, 30 October 1958 |
13 | The Traitor | Sunday, 07 December 1958 |
14 | Vengeance Trail | Sunday, 21 December 1958 |
15 | The 'Vulture' | Sunday, 28 December 1958 |
16 | The Counterfeiters | Friday, 02 January 1959 |
17 | The Secret of the Cliff | Friday, 09 January 1959 |
18 | Dead Reckoning | Friday, 16 January 1959 |
19 | Death Rides the Wind | Friday, 23 January 1959 |
20 | The Fourth Brother | Friday, 30 January 1959 |
21 | The Ambush | Friday, 06 February 1959 |
22 | The Witch | Friday, 13 February 1959 |
23 | Stab in the Back | Friday, 20 February 1959 |
24 | The Deserter | Friday, 27 February 1959 |
25 | Trial by Fire | Friday, 06 March 1959 |
26 | The Killers | Friday, 13 March 1959 |
Directors
Jacques Tourneur, Alan Crosland Jr., George Waggner, Thomas Carr
Writers
Kenneth Roberts, Gerald Drayson Adams, George Waggner, Sloan Nibley, Antony Ellis, Buckley Angell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith Larsen | Major Robert Rogers |
Buddy Ebsen | Sergeant Hunk Marriner / Hunk Marriner |
Don Burnett | Ensign Langdon Towne / Langdon Towne |
Philip Tonge | General Amherst |
Lisa Gaye | Natula |
Larry Chance | Black Wolf / Chief Black Wolf |
Charles Horvath | Sailor Henchman / Smith |
Harry Lauter | Ranger Mason |
Carole Mathews | Lila Jason |
Denny Miller | Ranger Cooper |
Paul Fix | Joe Waters |
Adam Williams | Corporal Quill |
Jacques Aubuchon | Lieutenant Joseph Sarat |
Bobby Clark | Jean Louis |
Bruce Cowling | Sir Martin Stanley |
Gene Nelson | Dan Wade |
Anne Gwynne | Sheila Stark |
Murvyn Vye | Matt Stacey |
Chet Stratton | Weeks |
John Beradino | Steve Warner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel Marx | Executive Producer |
Adrian Samish | Producer |