SPAWN OF THE NORTH - LE

(Henry Hathaway, 1938, 110 mins)
Release date: 21 April 2025
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK premiere)

From director Henry Hathaway (Peter Ibbetson) comes Spawn of the North, a thrilling adventure starring George Raft (You and Me), Henry Fonda (The Long Gray Line), and Dorothy Lamour (Road to Morocco).

Jim (Fonda), an Alaskan salmon fisherman, is reunited with his friend Tyler (Raft). When a dismayed Jim finds that Tyler has joined the gang of poachers that are stealing his stock, he enlists Tyler’s lover, Nicky (Lamour), to help him defeat the thieves without endangering his friend.

Co-written by Jules Furthman (Shanghai Express), and co-starring Akim Tamiroff (Dangerous to Know) and John Barrymore (Twentieth Century), Spawn of the North is filmmaking on a grand scale, utilising an expansive Alaskan set featuring a 375,000-gallon water tank, as well as extensive location work on genuine Alaskan salmon runs.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• High definition remaster
  
• Original mono audio
  
• Audio commentary with screenwriter and author Kelly Goodner and filmmaker and film historian Jim Hemphill (2025)
  
• Breaking the Sound Barrier (2025, 26 mins): overview of sound engineer Loren L Ryder’s pioneering work by archivist Tom Vincent
  
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
  
• Photoplay Studies gallery
  
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  
• Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Philip Concannon, archival introductions by producer Albert Lewin and director Henry Hathaway, an archival production report, an archival interview with Hathaway, and film credits
  
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
  
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK

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BBFC cert: 12
REGION B
EAN: 5060697924817