Stewart Granger was incredible as the French-Canadian main character, although it was surprising at first to hear him using an accent rather than his famous usual voice. Wendell Corey was sometime criticized as wooden or dull, but that was entirely right for the character of the Mountie who is sent to arrest Granger. The film is clearky largely shot on location rather than in the studio. Obviously the casting of Cyd Charisse as a native American would never have been allowed today, but this film was made in 1951.
Review of The Wild North
