Rent Spawn of the North (1938)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 50min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
From director Henry Hathaway (Peter Ibbetson) comes Spawn of the North, a thrilling adventure starring George Raft (You and Me), Henry Fonda (Madigan), and Dorothy Lamour (Road to Morocco). Jim (Fonda), an Alaskan salmon fisherman, is reunited with his friend Tyler (Raft). When a dismayed Jim finds that Tyler has joined the gang of poachers that are stealing his stock, he enlists Tyler's lover, Nicky (Lamour), to help him defeat the thieves without endangering his friend. Co-written by Jules Furthman (Shanghai Express), and co-starring Akim Tamiroff (Dangerous to Know) and John Barrymore (Twentieth Century), Spawn of the North is filmmaking on a grand scale, utilising an expansive Alaskan set featuring a 375,000-gallon water tank, as well as extensive location work on genuine Alaskan salmon runs. - Actors:
- George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Barrymore, Louise Platt, Lynne Overman, Fuzzy Knight, Vladimir Sokoloff, Duncan Renaldo, John Wray, Michio Ito, Stanley Andrews, Richard Ung, Arthur Aylesworth, Irving Bacon, Monte Blue, Wade Boteler, Henry Brandon, Egon Brecher
- Directors:
- Henry Hathaway
- Producers:
- Albert Lewin
- Writers:
- Barrett Willoughby, Jules Furthman, Stuart Anthony, Talbot Jennings, Curt Siodmak, Dale Van Every, Robert Yost
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/04/2025
- Run Time:
- 110 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with screenwriter and author Kelly Goodner and filmmaker and film historian Jim Hemphill (2025)
- Tom Vincent on Loren L Ryder (2025): overview of the pioneering work by the sound engineer who won an Oscar for his contributions to Spawn of the North
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- UK premiere on Blu-ray