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Northern Pursuit

1943 · 93 min

A brisk, old-fashioned wartime adventure with snowy chases, double agents, and a touch of romance, easy to watch and mildly tense.

Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Genres: Adventure, War, Drama
Starring: Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine

Tagline: A woman's lips set the frozen north aflame.
Overview: Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.

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Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Genres: Adventure, War, Drama
Starring: Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: war
deception
loyalty
survival
betrayal
Places: wilderness
small town
road trip
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: adventure, war, drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Written by: William Faulkner, Alvah Bessie, Frank Gruber
Starring: Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine, Gene Lockhart, John Ridgely, Tom Tully, Alec Craig, Rose Higgins
Music: Adolph Deutsch
Cinematography: Sidney Hickox
Runtime: 93 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: German, English

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