North West Mounted Police (film)

Northwest Mounted Police
Australian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cecil B. DeMille
Screenplay by	Alan Le May Jesse Lasky Jr. C. Gardner Sullivan
Based on	The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by R. C. Fetherstonhaugh
Produced by	Cecil B. DeMille
Starring	Gary Cooper Madeleine Carroll Paulette Goddard Preston Foster Robert Preston Akim Tamiroff Lon Chaney Jr.
Narrated by	Cecil B. DeMille
Cinematography	W. Howard Greene Victor Milner
Edited by	Anne Bauchens
Music by	Victor Young
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	October 21, 1940 (1940-10-21) (Canada) November 6, 1940 (1940-11-06) (New York City)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2.75 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[1]

North West Mounted Police is a 1940 American epic north-western film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll. Written by Alan Le May, Jesse Lasky Jr., and C. Gardner Sullivan, and based on the 1938 novel The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by R. C. Fetherstonhaugh, the film is about a Texas Ranger who joins forces with the North-West Mounted Police to put down a rebellion in the north-west prairies of Canada. The supporting cast features Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr. and George Bancroft. Regis Toomey, Richard Denning, Rod Cameron, and Robert Ryan make brief appearances in the film playing small roles.

North West Mounted Police was DeMille's first film in Technicolor. The film premiered on October 21, 1940 in Regina, Saskatchewan. The film received an Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Anne Bauchens).^{[2][3][N 1]}

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