Northwest Passage
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.
Top Cast
Buddy Ebsen
Sergeant Hunk Marriner
Keith Larsen
Major Robert Rogers
Don Burnett
Ensign Langdon Towne
Episodes
Fight at the River
Sep 14, 1958
The Red Coat
Sep 21, 1958
The Gunsmith
Sep 28, 1958
Surprise Attack
Oct 05, 1958
The Bound Women
Oct 12, 1958
Break Out
Oct 19, 1958
Court Martial
Oct 26, 1958
The Hostage
Nov 02, 1958
Sorrow Song
Nov 09, 1958
The Assassin
Nov 16, 1958
The Long Rifle
Nov 23, 1958
War Sign
Nov 30, 1958
The Traitor
Dec 07, 1958
Vengeance Trail
Dec 21, 1958
The Vulture
Dec 28, 1958
The Counterfeiters
Jan 02, 1959
The Secret Of The Cliff
Jan 09, 1959
Dead Reckoning
Jan 16, 1959
Death Rides The Wind
Jan 23, 1959
The Fourth Brother
Jan 30, 1959
The Ambush
Feb 06, 1959
The Witch (aka Witchcraft)
Feb 13, 1959
Stab In The Back
Feb 20, 1959
The Deserter
Feb 27, 1959
Trial By Fire
Mar 06, 1959
The Killers
Mar 13, 1959
