Nomads of the North
Cast & Crew
David M. Hartford
Lewis Stone
Betty Blythe
Lon Chaney
Melbourne Macdowell
Francis Macdonald
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When impoverished Nanette Roland refuses to marry Buck McDougall until she is convinced that her long-absent fiancé, Raoul Challoner, is dead, Buck obtains false evidence of Challoner's death and Nanette yields to his wishes. At their wedding ceremony, Raoul appears and is about to take Nanette away, when Buck attacks him and, in the ensuing battle, Raoul accidently kills a man and is arrested. That night, Nanette helps him escape and, after a hasty wedding, they flee into the wilderness. Corporal O'Connor of the North West Mounted Police is given the assignment of capturing him, and three years later, the Mountie, aided by Buck, discovers Raoul's cabin in the woods. Just as he arrests the fugitive, a forest fire breaks out, trapping Nanette, Raoul and their baby in the flames. O'Connor, injured by a fallen tree, is rescued by Raoul and the four reach safety, but Buck perishes in the fire. O'Connor, feeling a debt of gratitude, agrees to testify to Raoul's death and the family realizes that their troubles are at an end.
Director
David M. Hartford
Cast
Lewis Stone
Betty Blythe
Lon Chaney
Melbourne Macdowell
Francis Macdonald
Spottiswood Aitkin
Charles A. Smiley
Gordon Mullen
Charles B. Murphy
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Although the film was not viewed, onscreen credit information was obtained from a print of the film at the National Archives of Canada. Actor Charles A. Smiley's surname is incorrectly spelled "Smily" in the film's credits. The 1961 Disney production Nikki, Wild Dog of the North (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1961-70; F6.3499) is also based on James Oliver Curwood's novel, but the plots of the two films are not similar. A modern source states that the 1953 Allied Artists film Northern Patrol is also based on Curwood's novel, but, again, its plot does not resemble those of the other two films.
