Northwest Outpost

Northwest Outpost
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Elizabeth Meehan Richard Sale Angela Stuart Laird Doyle
Produced by	Allan Dwan
Starring	Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey Joseph Schildkraut Elsa Lanchester
Cinematography	Reggie Lanning
Edited by	Harry Keller
Music by	Robert Ambruster Rudolf Friml
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	June 25, 1947
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Northwest Outpost (aka, End of the Rainbow) is a 1947 American musical film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Nelson Eddy, Ilona Massey and Joseph Schildkraut. The film was Eddy's last, and is an operetta film like his previous starring roles. He was persuaded to make it by Republic Pictures because Rudolf Friml was writing the score. It was well received by critics and had a strong box office performance.

Synopsis

The film is set at the Russian imperial post at Fort Ross in California in the early Nineteenth Century. A visiting American army offices becomes romantically involved with an aristocratic woman whose criminal husband is being held as a prisoner at the Fort.

Main cast

• Nelson Eddy as Captain Jim Laurence
• Ilona Massey as Natalia Alanova
• Joseph Schildkraut as Count Igor Savin
• Elsa Lanchester as Princess 'Tanya' Tatiana
• Hugo Haas as Prince Nickolai Balinin
• Lenore Ulric as Baroness Kruposny
• Peter Whitney as Volkoff Overseer
• Tamara Shayne as Olga Natalia's Maid
• Ernö Verebes as Kyril Balinin's Aide
• George Sorel as Baron Kruposny
• Rick Vallin as Dovkin

Bibliography

• Everett, William A. Rudolf Friml. University of Illinois Press, 2008.
• Lulay, Gail. Nelson Eddy: America's Favorite Baritone. iUniverse, 2000.

External links

• Northwest Outpost at IMDb