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Spawn of the North (1938)

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Release Date: Aug 26, 1938 Wide

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The visual wizardry in this period action picture about Alaskan fishermen won a special honorary Oscar in the years before special effects got its own category. Henry Fonda stars as Jim Kimmerlee, a salmon fisherman in Alaska who has become at odds with a childhood friend, Tyler Dawson (George Raft). While Jim attempts to make an honest living, Tyler, whose frustrated dreams of buying his own schooner don't look to be realized anytime soon, has signed on with a Russian crew that steals the catch

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: Henry Hathaway

In Theaters: Aug 26, 1938 Wide

On DVD: Mar 31, 1998

Cast

George Raft
Tyler Dawson
Henry Fonda
Jim Kimmerlee
Dorothy Lamour
Nicky Duval
Akim Tamiroff
Red Skain
John Barrymore
Windy Turlon
Louise Platt
Diane
Lynne Overman
Jackson
Fuzzy Knight
Lefty Jones
Vladimir Sokoloff
Dimitri
Duncan Renaldo
Ivan
Richard Ung
Tom
Lee Shumway
Fisherman
Stanley Andrews
Partridge
Guy Usher
Grant
Henry Brandon
Davis
Egon Brecher
Erickson
Harvey Clark
Purser
Galan Galt
Fisherman
Monte Blue
Cannery Official
Irving Bacon
Cannery Official
Robert Middlemass
Davis
Adia Kuznetzoff
Vashia
Alex Woloshin
Gregory
Arthur Ayleswofth
Fisherman
Rollo Lloyd
Fisherman
Archie Twitchell
Fisherman
Michio Ito
Indian Dancer
John Wray
Dr. Sparks
Eddie Marr
First Red's gang
Frank Puglia
Second Red's gang
Wade Boteler
Fisherman
Edmund Elton
Minister
Seal: Slicker
Himself
Leonid Snegoff
Red's Gang

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Half-baked Western set as an Alaskan fish story about childhood friends who become bitter rivals as adults.

February 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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