Susannah of the Mounties (1939)

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...

Directed by: William A. Seiter

Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood, Charles Irwin, Chief John Big Tree, Herbert Evans, J. Farrell MacDonald, Jack Luden, John Sutton, Lester Matthews, Leyland Hodgson, Martin Good Rider

Genres: Drama, Family, Western

Rating: 5.6/10

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