Law of the North (1939)
1h 50m
Running Time
September 4, 1939Release Date
Law of the North (1939)
1h 50m
Running Time
September 4, 1939Release Date
Plot.
Robert Shaw slaughters his wife's lover and runs away with his secretary Jacqueline. Helped by a French trapper who takes them for film-makers, they hide in Northern Canada.
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Cast & Crew.
Michèle Morgan
Jacqueline Bert
Pierre Richard-Willm
Robert Shaw
Charles Vanel
Le caporal Dalrymple
Jacques Terrane
Louis Dumontier
Arlette Marchal
Mme. Shaw
Jacques Feyder
Director
Maurice Constantin-Weyer
Writer
Youcca Troubetzkov
Ellis Lowton
Details.
Release DateSeptember 4, 1939
Original NameLa Loi du nord
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
Wiki.
La Loi du nord ([la lwa dy nɔʁ], "The Law of the North"; also called La Piste du Nord, "The Northern Trail") is a 1939 French adventure drama film directed by Jacques Feyder who co-wrote screenplay with Alexandre Arnoux and Charles Spaak, based on novel "Telle qu'elle était de son vivant" by Maurice Constantin-Weyer. The films stars Michèle Morgan, Pierre Richard-Willm and Charles Vanel. It tells the story of an escaped prisoner, his woman secretary and two guardsmen in the Far North. It was entered for the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film at the 1939 Cannes Film Festival.