That was an excellent one.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Raoul Walsh directed four of Errol Flynn's World War II movies at Warner Brothers. The best was "Objective: Burma" with Flynn and company parachuting into Burma to show the British who could stop the Japanese. Mind you, the British hated Flynn for this film, and Warners had to pull it before the Brits firebombed it. Although "Objective: Burma" ranked as the best of Flynn's collaborations with Walsh, their initial propaganda outing "Desperate Journey" was far more fun but totally unrealistic. Walsh and Flynn teamed up between these two combat pictures with "Northern Pursuit." Unlike the authentic-looking "Objective: Burma" that took place in the Pacific Theater of Operations and "Desperate Journey" with its European Theater of Operations, "Northern Pursuit" took place in appropriately above us in Canada. Flynn is cast as intrepid Corporal Steve Wagner of Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman. Meantime, a U-Boat lands Luftwaffe Colonel Hugo von Keller (Helmet Dantine of "Hotel Berlin") in Canada via a U-Boat, but his men and he don't get far before their Indian tracker precipitate an avalanche that killed Keller's men and left him barely alive. He stumbles onto a German aviator "Northern Pursuit" is the kind of World War II that nobody can complain about. Aside from Louis Milestone's "Edge of Darkness" where Flynn played a native Norwegian and Walsh's "Uncertain Glory" where he played a French criminal, Flynn played a Canadian. The plot here involves Keller as he searches for the parts to assemble a German bomber, so his men and he can bomb the St. Lawrence Waterway. As far as I know, this was the only wartime film that targeted the waterway, while many others took aim at the Panama Canal. Anyway, the RCMP discover something treasonous about Wagner owing to his German ancestry and they drum him out. Of course, you know that neither Flynn nor his character could have anything to do with the Nazis. Although it isn't as much fun as "Desperate Journey," pulp novelist Frank Gruber, scenarist Alvah Bessie, with an uncredited William Faulkner make its twists and turns palatable enough to be consistently entertaining stuff. Julie Bishop plays Flynn's love interest who doesn't believe that he could turn his back on Canada.

Basically 'Errol Flynn vs. the Nazis, Round 3' Battleground: CanadaBeing myself a Canadian, I was thrilled to find in my 'TCM Spotlight: Errol Flynn Adventures' (five films made during WWII in which Errol Flynn battles the Nazis) a film helmed by one of my favourite American directors of the period, in Raoul Walsh, with Flynn starring as a RCMP officer (typically called 'Mountie') making sure the Nazis can't succeed in their quest to sneak into Canada and, there, create another front in their quest to bring hell on Earth. As a child, I loved his rendition of one of my very favourite heroes (Robin Hood), and lately I quite enjoyed seeing the ill-starred (dying at 50--again in Canada--from a heart attack brought on by chronic alcoholism) native Australian who was perhaps the second-most alluring male thespian of all-time, behind the equally ill-fated Rudolph Valentino, in an audacious TCM 4-pack of outstanding adventure movies, such as 'Captain Blood' and 'The Sea Hawk', and an equally intriguing 4-pack of Westerns he made as his star began to wane.This doesn't disappoint, as Walsh directs, just like he always does, with an appealing eye and a talent for setting up suspense and excitement. Highly recommended to either fans of Flynn, war films or of cinema from the period.

Nobody ever accused Errol Flynn of being an Oscar caliber actor but...if you see the roles he was offered...like this one, you can see why. This film is so heavy on propaganda it permeates you pretty quickly.The plot outline is a group of Nazi soldiers are infiltrating the Northern Canadian wilderness to make their way to a secret abandoned mine where they have secretly throughout the years been hoarding airplane and bomb parts. Their mission? To rebuild this plane and drop the bombs on the main shipping route from North America to the UK. Their problem? They get caught, then escape and have to use Errol Flynn to get to where they wanna go. They don't have the skills to get there. They need a guide basically.Most of this film is just full of "yeah right" moments. First off, the Nazi soldiers they choose in this one all happen to be expert skiers and expert plane builders and expert bomb builders all-in-one? Gimme a break. Of course they don't say that in the film but when you see all these soldiers can accomplish you'd think..."wow...these guys were prepared". Nobody is that prepared. If they were that prepared why did they need the Errol Flynn character to get them to the hideout? They should have known how to get there.The main issue in this film is the absolute nastiness of the main Nazi character. He's just vicious. Everything he says is a lie yet everyone trusts him or believes him. Every Nazi character in this is beyond reproach. Not a single one has any redeeming qualities. In all the scenes of killing, not a single one needed to be killed but for high propaganda factor, they kill every one. Needless and senseless. Why in the world would these soldiers do this if they knew they were being chased/followed by the law? Why draw attention to yourself? Every Canadian Law Enforcement/Mountie is looking around for them and they just kill whoever. It's just stupid.By the end of this film, if you just disliked Nazi's only a little, you'll absolutely hate them with a passion. I mean the propaganda is so heavy you'll wanna take a shower to wash it offa you. Obviously this film was made to boost American morale and help the war effort and to let the masses know, we were fighting for the right cause. There are far better films to give you a better viewing experience. If you wanna see an obvious one, try The 49th Parallel. It was made 2 years before this. See it then see this and you'll say.."hmmm...seems very similar". A pretty obvious takeoff yet it has a few different twists to it. For others try Battleground or Passage to Marseille or Night Train to Munich. An even better example would be Edge of Darkness. Errol Flynn was also in this one but the story and characters are far more believable.Not a bad film, just not a very good one.

Raoul Walsh, the director of "Northern Pursuit", was a man with impressive credentials during his days in Hollywood. Unfortunately, this film, which kept reminding this viewer of Michael Powell's "49th Parallel", has its moments and will reward the viewer that sticks with it, in some ways.The plot was typical of the films turned by the big studios during the days of WWII. Although the propaganda in "Northern Pursuit" doesn't strike the viewer as too obvious, it's there all along. The idea of a Royal Mountie, in this case, the dashing Errol Flynn, going after the bad guys have all the elements for a good adventure.The screen play is ultimately the downfall of the film, although there are hints of greatness, especially on the last part of the film which involves a daring attempt from the head Nazi infiltrator to fly an aircraft with a bomb on board. The locations appear to be real, but we can see the scenes shot in the studio.Errol Flynn does his job well. Helmut Dantine, playing Keller, the Nazi bad guy, is even better. Gene Lockhart has a pivotal role in the film. Julie Bishop is Errol Flynn's love interest, although there's no obvious chemistry between them.Raoul Walsh's fans will probably enjoy this film a lot more than the casual viewer.