''Trail of the Yukon'' is a 1949 American

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film directed by

William Beaudine William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres. Life and car ...

and starring Kirby Grant,

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and Bill Edwards. It was based on a novel by

James Oliver Curwood James Oliver Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books were often based on adventures set in the Hudson Bay area, the Yukon or Alaska and ranked among the top-ten best selle ...

about a

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officer and his faithful

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dog Chinook. It is part of the

genre. The film was popular, and inspired Monogram to make a series of nine further films starring Grant and Chinook.

Plot

Cast

* Kirby Grant as Bob McDonald – Royal NW Mounted *

as Marie Laroux * Bill Edwards as Jim Blaine *

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as Paula *

Dan Seymour Dan Seymour (February 22, 1915 – May 25, 1993) was an American character actor who frequently played villains in Warner Bros. films. He appeared in several Humphrey Bogart films, including ''Casablanca'' (1942), ''To Have and Have Not'' ...

as Tom Laroux * William Forrest as Banker John Dawson *

Anthony Warde Anthony Warde (born Benjamin Schwartz; January 1, 1909 – January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964. Early years Born as Benjamin Schwartz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on New Year' ...

as Muskeg Joe * Maynard Holmes as Henchman Buck *

Peter Mamakos Peter Mamakos (December 14, 1918 – April 27, 2008) was an American film and television actor. Early life Mamakos was of Greek descent. Mamakos' father owned Pilgrim restaurants in New England. Mamakos was sent to California to scout lo ...

as Henchman Rand * Guy Beach as Matt Blaine *

Stanley Andrews Stanley Andrews (born Stanley Martin Andrzejewski; August 28, 1891 – June 23, 1969) was an American actor perhaps best known as the voice of Daddy Warbucks on the radio program ''Little Orphan Annie'' and later as "The Old Ranger", the first ...

as Rogers * Dick Elliott as Editor Sullivan *

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as Poleon * Bill Kennedy as Constable, RCMP * Harrison Hearne as Bank Teller Frank

Reception

A ''

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'' review noted that the cast gave "stock performances."

References

Bibliography

* Drew, Bernard. ''Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide''. Routledge, 2013. * Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005.

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