This wild-eyed "western of the North" is the tale of one man's transformation from fisherman to vigilante, forced by honor to stand alone against Russian pirates. An Academy Award for Special Effects went to this melodrama of Alaskan fishermen. Title: spawn of the north Air Date: 05.01.1945 ( May 1, 1945) Plot: +WXYZ, Detroit origination, The Michigan Radio Network. "The Spawn Of The North". Henry Fonda, John Barrymore, George Raft and Dorothy Lamour lead an all-star cast in the sprawling epic Spawn of the North. Frank Loesser was an American songwriter who wrote the lyrics and music to award winning Broadway musicals, Films and more. Image via The Movie Database. Spawn of the North Level 39 Type Fellowship Repeatable Yes Starts with Automatic Quest Bestowal: Starts at Giant Valley Start Region The Trollshaws: Ends with Automatic Quest Completion: Ends at Giant Valley Quest Group Trollshaws : Quest Chain Giant Valley Daily Synopsis for this movie has been provided by The Movie Database. It, strangely, worked - more credit to Hathaway and the performances. The movie was directed by Henry Hathaway. It was the early 1900's, and Alaska was proving itself to be the last of the American frontiers. Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict. Spawn of the North ★★ ½ 1938Alaska's the final frontier in the early 1900s as fisherman Jim Kimmerlee (Fonda) tries to earn an honest buck. Spawn of the North. Main Image: Spawn of the North. But former friend Tyler Dawson (Raft) has joined a group of Russian pirates who plunder the nets of others and the two men are forced into a deadly confrontation. With George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff. I was keen that Albert Lewin (director of Pandora and the Flying Dutchman) was the producer. Henry Fonda, John Barrymore, George Raft and Dorothy Lamour lead an all-star cast in the sprawling epic Spawn of the North. Henry Hathaway's Spawn of the North is quite a mix - comedy, adventure, romance etc. Spawn of the North is a 1938 American adventure film about rival fishermen in Alaska starring George Raft and featuring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff and John Barrymore.The picture was directed by Henry Hathaway and was an unofficial follow up to Souls at Sea, also featuring Raft and directed by Hathaway. Spawn of the North is a 1938 film about rival fishermen in Alaska starring George Raft and featuring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, and John Barrymore. Directed by Henry Hathaway. 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