Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Written byJules Furthman
Talbot Jennings
Produced byAlbert Lewin
StarringGeorge Raft
Henry Fonda
Dorothy Lamour
John Barrymore
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byEllsworth Hoagland
Music byScore:
Dimitri Tiomkin
Songs:
Burton Lane (music)
Frank Loesser (lyrics)
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 26, 1938 (1938-08-26) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetover $1 million

Spawn of the North is a 1938 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway about rival fishermen in Alaska starring George Raft, Henry Fonda and Dorothy Lamour and featuring Akim Tamiroff and John Barrymore. Spawn of the North is based on the novel of the same name by Barrett Willoughby and shares plot similarities with The Virginian, transferred to Alaska.