''Yukon Vengeance'' is a 1954 American
Northern 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,
Monte Hale
Monte Hale (born Samuel Buren Ely June 8, 1919 – March 29, 2009) was an American B-Western film star and country musician.
Biography
Sometimes reported to have been born in San Angelo, Texas, Hale was actually born in Ada, Oklahoma but gre ...
and
Mary Ellen Kay
Mary Ellen Ruffalo ( Keaggy, August 29, 1929 – 2017), better known as Mary Ellen Kay, was an American television and film actress.
Biography
Kay was born in Boardman, Ohio, on August 29, 1929. She was one of ten siblings and the sister of virt ...
.
[Marshall p. 346] It was the tenth and final film featuring Grant as
Mountie
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal and national police service of Canada. As poli ...
Corporal Rod Webb
Corporal Rod Webb and his faithful dog Chinook were the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1949 and 1954. Webb was played by the actor Kirby Grant in eight films, while in two others (''Trail ...
, assisted by his dog Chinook.
Plot
A police mountie investigates a series of murders connected to robberies of the
payroll
A payroll is the list of employees of some company that is entitled to receive payments as well as other work benefits and the amounts that each should receive. Along with the amounts that each employee should receive for time worked or tasks pe ...
at a
lumber camp
A logging camp (or lumber camp) is a transitory work site used in the logging industry. Before the second half of the 20th century, these camps were the primary place where lumberjacks would live and work to fell trees in a particular area. Many ...
in
Yukon
Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...
, he then decides to act as courier for the next shipment himself.
Cast
*
Kirby Grant as
Corporal Rod Webb
Corporal Rod Webb and his faithful dog Chinook were the major characters in a series of films made by the American studio Monogram Pictures between 1949 and 1954. Webb was played by the actor Kirby Grant in eight films, while in two others (''Trail ...
,
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal and national police service of Canada. As poli ...
*
Monte Hale
Monte Hale (born Samuel Buren Ely June 8, 1919 – March 29, 2009) was an American B-Western film star and country musician.
Biography
Sometimes reported to have been born in San Angelo, Texas, Hale was actually born in Ada, Oklahoma but gre ...
as Jim Barclay
*
Mary Ellen Kay
Mary Ellen Ruffalo ( Keaggy, August 29, 1929 – 2017), better known as Mary Ellen Kay, was an American television and film actress.
Biography
Kay was born in Boardman, Ohio, on August 29, 1929. She was one of ten siblings and the sister of virt ...
as Madelon Duval
*
Henry Kulky
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People
*Henry (given name)
* Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portuga ...
as Schmidt
*
Carol Thurston
Carol Thurston (born Betty Lou Thurston; September 27, 1920 – December 31, 1969) was an American film and television actress who played the fictitious Emma Clanton in eight episodes (1959-1961) of the ABC/Desilu western television series ...
as Yellow Flower
*
Parke MacGregor as Fergus MacLish
*
Fred Gabourie
Fred Gabourie (September 19, 1881 - March 1, 1951) was a technical director and department head.
Gabourie was born in Tweed, Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Seneca Indian tribe. He served in the Spanish–American War.
He worked prim ...
as Grey Shadow
*
Billy Wilkerson as Chief Lone Eagle
*
Marshall Bradford as The Commissioner
* Chinook as Chinook, Webb's Dog
See also
* ''
Trail of the Yukon'' (1949)
* ''
The Wolf Hunters'' (1949)
* ''
Snow Dog
''Snow Dog'' is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Elena Verdugo and Rick Vallin. It was the third of a series of ten films featuring Grant as a Canadian Mountie.Drew, p. 225.
Plot
Cast
* ...
'' (1950)
* ''
Call of the Klondike'' (1950)
* ''
Northwest Territory
The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolutionary War. Established in 1 ...
'' (1951)
* ''
Yukon Manhunt'' (1951)
* ''
Yukon Gold'' (1952)
* ''
Fangs of the Arctic'' (1953)
* ''
Northern Patrol
The Northern Patrol, also known as Cruiser Force B and the Northern Patrol Force, was an operation of the British Royal Navy during the First World War and Second World War. The Patrol was part of the British "distant" blockade of Germany. Its ma ...
'' (1953)
* ''Yukon Vengeance'' (1954)
References
Bibliography
* Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
External links
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1954 films
1954 Western (genre) films
Allied Artists films
American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Corporal Rod Webb (film series)
1950s English-language films
Films based on works by James Oliver Curwood
Films directed by William Beaudine
Films set in Yukon
Northern (genre) films
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction
1950s American films
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