Northwest Outpost

Northwest Outpost (also known as End of the Rainbow) is a 1947 American Musical Western film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey. 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.^[2]

Northwest Outpost
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	Laird Doyle (adaptation)
Screenplay by	Elizabeth Meehan Richard Sale
Story by	Angela Stuart (original story)
Produced by	Allan Dwan
Starring	Nelson Eddy Ilona Massey
Cinematography	Reggie Lanning
Edited by	Harry Keller
Music by	Rudolf Friml
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	June 25, 1947 (1947-06-25)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,224,258[1]

Plot

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

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
• Ernő Verebes as Kyril Balinin's Aide
• George Sorel as Baron Kruposny
• Rick Vallin as Dovkin
• The American G.I. Chorus as Prisoners

See also

• List of American films of 1947