From the mean streets of New York to British Columbia in Canada, the plot of the
classic Manhattan Melodrama is transferred with the roles that Clark Gable, William Powell,and Myrna Loy are played by James Craig, William Lundigan and
Patricia Dane respectively.
Two kids whose parents are killed by Indians are taken in by Mountie Jack Holt
and grow up to be Craig and Lundigan. Craig's a bad boy, but charming as all
get out. He takes to the gambling life ready to risk all at the turn of a roulette
wheel and does. A Pacific northwest version of Gaylord Ravenal
In the meantime Lundigan grows up and becomes a Mountie. Of the Dudley
Doo Right type. It's the main weakness of Northwest Rangers, Lundigan's
portrayal. Patricia Dane is the saloon singer they both loved.
If you've seen Manhattan Melodrama than you know how all this is going to
end up. John Carradine as another gambler and rival of Craig steals this film
whenever he's on the screen.