The Dawson Patrol

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A dramatization of the true story of four men of the North West Mounted Police who, in 1910, set out on a patrol from Fort McPherson in Canada's Nortwest Territories to Dawson City, Yukon, 500 miles away - and who never reached their destination. In the history and legend of the Canadian North, the ill-fated party led by Inspector Francis Fitzgerald (George R. Robertson) became known as "The Lost Patrol''. Produced and directed by Peter Kelly, from a script George R. Robertson, with narration by Leslie Nielsen.