King of the Royal Mounted
1940 · Movie · 211 min. · United States
Canadian Tom Merritt has discovered a substance, Compound X, that will cure infantile paralysis, which he extracts from a mine at Caribou, Canada. A country at war with Canada (unnamed because while Canada and the British Empire were at war with Germany, the USA "officially" wasn't in 1940) discovers that Compound X also contains magnetic properties which will make their mines effective against the British fleet, and dispatch one of their intelligence officers, John Kettler, to work undercover to ensure a steady stream of Compound X for the Fatherland. RCMP Major Ross King is killed in a fray against Kettler's henchmen, and his son, RCMP Sergeant Dave King continues on in his place in command of the Mountie post. The foreign agents open a "sham" sanitarium, supposedly to help paralysis victims, but actually to ship the gathered quantities of Compound X abroad to their warring country...
Direction John English · William Witney
Cast Allan Lane · Robert Strange · Robert Kellard · Lita Conway · Herbert Rawlinson · Harry Cording · Bryant Washburn · Budd Buster · Stanley Andrews · John Davidson · John Dilson · Paul McVey · Lucien Prival · Norman Willis · Tony Paton
Soundtrack Cy Feuer · William Lava · Paul Sawtell
Screenplay Franklin Adreon · Norman S. Hall · Joseph F. Poland · Barney A. Sarecky · Sol Shor
Cinematography William Nobles
Original title King of the Royal Mounted
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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