Northwest Passage
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First Air DateSep 14, 1958
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ProductionMGM Television
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Rotten tomato65%
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Original titleNorthwest Passage
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ReleaseSep 14, 1958
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Overview
Northwest Passage is a 26-episode half-hour adventure television series produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer about Major Robert Rogers during the time of the French and Indian War. The show derived its title and the main characters Rogers, Towne, and Marriner from the 1937 novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts, and from the 1940 MGM feature film based on the novel. The scope of the novel was much broader than that of the series, and the second half of the book included an historically based attempt by Rogers to find a water route through North America as a "passage" to the Pacific Ocean. This attempt, lending its name to the novel and used by Roberts as a metaphor for the questing human spirit, is referenced in the first episode. One of the earlier series telecast in color, Northwest Passage aired new episodes on NBC from September 14, 1958, to March 13, 1959. Keith Larsen played the lead role; Buddy Ebsen, later the star of CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones, appeared as Sergeant Hunk Marriner, and Don Burnett co-starred as Ensign Langdon Towne.
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Casts
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Sergeant Hunk Marriner
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Major Robert Rogers
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Ensign Langdon Towne
Season 1 ( 1958-09-14)
Fight at the River
The Red Coat
The Gunsmith
Surprise Attack
The Bound Women
Break Out
Court Martial
The Hostage
Sorrow Song
The Assassin
The Long Rifle
War Sign
The Traitor
Vengeance Trail
The Vulture
The Counterfeiters
The Secret Of The Cliff
Dead Reckoning
Death Rides The Wind
The Fourth Brother
The Ambush
The Witch (aka Witchcraft)
Stab In The Back
The Deserter
Trial By Fire
The Killers
