QUEEN OF THE YUKON (1940) Charles Bickford, Irene Rich & June Carlson | Drama, Western | B&W

Queen Of The Yukon is a 1940 American Western film. The film is an adaptation of Jack London's story. Filming took place in Big Bear Lake, California.

SYNOPSIS
Sadie Martin owns a riverboat that gold-miners use to travel to their claims, while gambling and drinking on the way. Sadie's daughter, Helen, is unaware of her mother's work because Sadie sends her to boarding school to live a lifestyle more attributed to the upper-class. Unfortunately, Sadie faces difficulty maintaining the costly riverboat and is soon forced to sell it to make ends meet.

Greater problems arise as the Yukon Mining Company sends John Thorne to take over Sadie's boat and cheat the miners out of their claims. Meanwhile, Helen unexpectedly arrives on the riverboat with her boyfriend Bob, who takes a job with John and is unknowingly manipulated by him. To Sadie's disappointment, Helen appears to enjoy life on the riverboat. Desperate, Sadie implores Ace Rincon to help her.

CAST & CREW
Charles Bickford as Ace Rincon
Irene Rich as Sadie Martin
June Carlson as Helen Martin
Dave O'Brien as Bob Adams
George Cleveland as Grub
Guy Usher as Stake
Melvin Lang as John Thorne
Tris Coffin as Carson
Jack Daley as Captain

Directed by: Phil Rosen
Written by: Jack London (story), George Waggner
Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Edited by: Russell F. Schoengarth
Distributed by: Monogram Pictures
Release date: August 26, 1940
Running time: 74 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English