Susannah of the Mounties
Susannah of the Mounties
Susannah of the Mounties
Watch Movie
1939
1h 19m
6.5(17 votes)
Drama
Western

Overview

This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole survivor of a brutal Indian attack who's befriended by Canadian Mountie Angus Montague (Randolph Scott) and his girlfriend, Vicky (Margaret Lockwood). The couple takes Susannah under their wing and soon learn that having a precocious child around can come in handy; when the Indians return, the girl uses her charm to broker peace.Shirley is the orphaned survivor of an Indian attack in the Canadian West. A Mountie and his girlfriend take her in...

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Cast & Crew

31 members
Acting

Shirley Temple

Susannah Sheldon

Shirley Temple
Acting

Randolph Scott

Monty

Randolph Scott
Acting

Margaret Lockwood

Vicky Standing

Margaret Lockwood
Acting

Martin Good Rider

Little Chief

Martin Good Rider
Acting

J. Farrell MacDonald

Pat O'Hannegan

J. Farrell MacDonald
Acting

Maurice Moscovitch

Chief Big Eagle

Maurice Moscovitch
Acting

Moroni Olsen

Andrew Standing

Moroni Olsen
Acting

Victor Jory

Wolf Pelt

Victor Jory
Acting

Lester Matthews

Harlan Chambers

Lester Matthews
Acting

Leyland Hodgson

Randall

Leyland Hodgson
Acting

Herbert Evans

Doctor

Herbert Evans
Acting

Jack Luden

Williams

Jack Luden
Acting

Charles Irwin

Sergeant MacGregor

No Image
Acting

John Sutton

Corporal Piggott

John Sutton
Acting

Chief John Big Tree

Chief (uncredited)

Chief John Big Tree
Acting

Eddie Big Beaver

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

John Little Blaze

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Charles Iron Breast

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Russ Clark

Workman (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Chief Victor Coward

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Larry Dods

Inspector Churchill (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Tom Spotted Eagle

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Herbert Heywood

Hostler (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood
Acting

Yellow Kidney

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Juniper Old Person

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Albert Mad Plume

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Dan Bull Plume

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Night Shoots

Indian (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Chief Thunderbird

Indian (uncredited)

Chief Thunderbird
Acting

James Vincent

Indian (uncredited)

James Vincent
Acting

Billy Wilkerson

Indian (uncredited)

Billy Wilkerson

Similar Movies

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
4.3
1961

The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come

Director Andrew V. McLaglen's 1961 drama, based on John William Fox's novel, is the tale of a young man returning home after fighting in the Civil War. The cast includes Jimmie Rodgers, Luana Patten, Chill Wills, George Kennedy, Neil Hamilton and Morris Ankrum.

Movie
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
7.0
1989

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha

Chanthu, a poor orphan and Aromal are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar, a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.

Movie
7.0
1937

Under Southern Stars

Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this colorful short profiles the heroic Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson the night before he would meet his fate in battle.

Movie
9.0
1989

Orphans

An adaptation of a play by Rainer Maria Rilke in which a six-year-old orphan tries to understand death.

Movie
Sweetwater
6.1
2013

Sweetwater

In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.

Movie
White Apache
4.8
1987

White Apache

This film is based on a true story of an Irish baby brought up by the Colorado Apaches. When a group of outlaws attack and destroy a wagon train, the only survivor gives birth to a baby, whom the Indian chief, White Bear brings up as his son and calls him Shining Sky. Shining Sky grows up with the chief's son Black Wolf and by a stroke of fate kills his best friend and brother. Overcome by grief he leaves and goes to live in the world of white men but decides to go back to the world of his youth, leaving an enemy, Redeath, behind him whom he is destined to meet again and again.

Movie
Song of Freedom
6.0
1936

Song of Freedom

John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English dockworker with a magnificent voice and a yearning to learn his roots.

Movie
Cinderella
6.8
2015

Cinderella

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger in the woods.

Movie
Bugambilia
5.8
1945

Bugambilia

In mid-nineteenth century Guanajuato, the beauty and charm of the young heiress Amalia conquers the lowly foreman Ricardo with fatal results. Prevented from consummating their love, Ricardo is going to Guanajuato where again later become the rich owner of a mine. On his return, fate has prepared a tragic encounter with Amalia.

Movie
The Mahabharata
7.1
1990

The Mahabharata

One of the great masterpieces of world literature comes to vivid life in an elaborate production from acclaimed theater and film innovator Peter Brook. This collection of ancient Sanskrit stories (composed into the longest book ever written) comprises a series of enlightened fables at the heart of countless beliefs, legends, and teachings; indeed, its very title means "the great story of mankind." Brook and writer Jean-Claude Carriere worked for eight years to develop this epic concerning two sides of a royal family, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, whose struggle leads to a fascinating voyage of emotions, passion and vision of glory. Briefly, the Mahabharata is a tale of two rival sets of brothers, cousins to eachother, each born into royalty and with divinely guided paths in life. The result, however, is a great war, death, destruction - a vast epic.

Movie
Nobody's Boy: Remi (Movie)
6.1
1980

Nobody's Boy: Remi (Movie)

Remi, an orphan kid gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times.

Movie
Fatal Error
6.6
1970

Fatal Error

At the end of the 19th century, the Wyoming Oil Company has established itself in the vicinity of Wind River City at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, where they have been illegally pumping oil from Native American territory. One of the company's greedy agents, Mike Allison, kicks out both his white partners and the Native Americans. He has his some of his associates secretly murdered and blames it on the Native Americans, who are then killed when they get in the way of his plans. Five chiefs with lifelong shares in the Oil Company die mysteriously as a result. The young chief Shave Head asks his a half-blooded brother Chris Howard for help.

Movie
2026

Trinidad

Trinidad flees persecution in Spain for the wild west. Along the way, she earns renown for her weapons skills but also becomes a target of enemies, such as the widow Bronson.

Movie
Apache Rifles
6.0
1964

Apache Rifles

A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.

Movie
Thunder 2
5.7
1987

Thunder 2

Indian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and gets him convicted as dealer. Thunder manages to break out of the brutal prison camp and takes bloody revenge. However he cannot sufficiently protect his pregnant wife.

Movie
Thunder 3
3.9
1988

Thunder 3

They took his wife... but he's still Walking Tall, they drew First Blood, but he's gonna fight back like Billy Jack.

Movie
Captain January
6.8
1924

Captain January

During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her to live with them.

Movie
River Lady
5.8
1948

River Lady

In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver. Romance and deceit are catalyzed by the arrival of the gambling river boat, River Lady, owned by the beautiful Sequin. Bauvais, a representative of the local lumber syndicate and Sequin's business partner, is trying to convince H.L. Morrison, the mill owner, to sell his business.

Movie
Anna Karenina
5.4
1967

Anna Karenina

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

Movie
Saskatchewan
6.1
1954

Saskatchewan

Story of blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great White Father.

Movie

Recommended Movies

The Last of the Mohicans
6.3
1920

The Last of the Mohicans

As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.

Movie
The Searchers
7.7
1956

The Searchers

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Movie
First Cow
7.0
2020

First Cow

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

Movie
Shane
7.3
1953

Shane

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Movie
3:10 to Yuma
7.3
1957

3:10 to Yuma

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

Movie
Backlash
6.5
1956

Backlash

Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he keeps meeting liberated woman Karyl Orton, who may be on a similar mission. Renewed Apache hostilities and an impending range war provide complications.

Movie
The Cowboys
7.1
1972

The Cowboys

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

Movie
Rancho Notorious
6.5
1952

Rancho Notorious

A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.

Movie
Union Pacific
6.7
1939

Union Pacific

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Movie
A Passage to India
6.8
1984

A Passage to India

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Movie
Northwest Passage
6.6
1940

Northwest Passage

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.

Movie
Anne of Green Gables
7.2
2016

Anne of Green Gables

A retelling of L.M. Montgomery's story of Anne Shirley, an orphan who is accidentally sent to a couple looking to adopt a boy instead.

Movie
The Call of the Wild
7.5
2020

The Call of the Wild

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

Movie
The Indian Fighter
6.4
1955

The Indian Fighter

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

Movie
Ride Lonesome
6.7
1959

Ride Lonesome

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.

Movie
Unconquered
6.5
1947

Unconquered

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.

Movie
White Fang
6.8
1991

White Fang

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.

Movie
Anne of Green Gables
8.1
1985

Anne of Green Gables

At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley.

Movie
Meek's Cutoff
6.5
2011

Meek's Cutoff

A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.

Movie
Northfork
6.0
2003

Northfork

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the responsibility of a six-man Evacuation Committee to relocate the townsfolk to higher ground. Most have duly departed, but a few stubborn stragglers remain – among them a priest caring for a sickly orphan, a boy whose fevered visions are leading him to believe he is a member of a roaming band of lost angels desperately searching for a way home.

Movie