Northwest Passage 1958
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.
- Released: 1958-09-14
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
- Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Keith Larsen, Don Burnett
- Director: Samuel Marx
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1. Fight at the River 1958-09-14
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2. The Red Coat 1958-09-21
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3. The Gunsmith 1958-09-28
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4. Surprise Attack 1958-10-05
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5. The Bound Women 1958-10-12
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6. Break Out 1958-10-19
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7. Court Martial 1958-10-26
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8. The Hostage 1958-11-02
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9. Sorrow Song 1958-11-09
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10. The Assassin 1958-11-16
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11. The Long Rifle 1958-11-23
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12. War Sign 1958-11-30
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13. The Traitor 1958-12-07
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14. Vengeance Trail 1958-12-21
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15. The Vulture 1958-12-28
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16. The Counterfeiters 1959-01-02
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17. The Secret Of The Cliff 1959-01-09
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18. Dead Reckoning 1959-01-16
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19. Death Rides The Wind 1959-01-23
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20. The Fourth Brother 1959-01-30
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21. The Ambush 1959-02-06
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22. The Witch (aka Witchcraft) 1959-02-13
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23. Stab In The Back 1959-02-20
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24. The Deserter 1959-02-27
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25. Trial By Fire 1959-03-06
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26. The Killers 1959-03-13
