Northwest Passage 65 years old
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.
Credits
Yvette Vickers
Molly Pruitt
Buddy Ebsen
Sergeant Hunk Marriner
Philip Tonge
General Amherst
Keith Larsen
Major Robert Rogers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Angie Dickinson She was 26 , now 92 years old | |
| Yvette Vickers She was 30 , 81 years old when she died | as Molly Pruitt |
| Buddy Ebsen He was 50 , 95 years old when he died | as Sergeant Hunk Marriner |
| Philip Tonge He was 61 , 61 years old when he died | as General Amherst |
| Keith Larsen He was 34 , 82 years old when he died | as Major Robert Rogers |
| Anne Gwynne She was 39 , 84 years old when she died | |
| Don Burnett He was 29 , now 95 years old | as Ensign Langdon Towne |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Gerald Drayson Adams Writing He was 58 , 88 years old when he died | Writer |
| Jacques Tourneur Directing He was 53 , 73 years old when he died | Director |
| Samuel Marx Production He was 56 , 90 years old when he died | Producer |
| George Waggner Directing He was 64 , 90 years old when he died | Director |
| Thomas Carr Directing He was 51 , 89 years old when he died | Director |
| Sloan Nibley Writing He was 50 , 81 years old when he died | Writer |
Northwest Passage (65 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1958-09-14
- Runtime: [60,30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 26
