- Source: Ski Patrol (1940 film)
See also Ski Patrol (disambiguation)
Ski Patrol is a 1940 American war film directed by Lew Landers, produced by Ben Pivar and Warren Douglas and released by Universal Pictures. It is known to be the only Hollywood film about the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Two rival skiers competing in the 1936 Olympics, one Russian and one Finn, are pitted against each other just a few years later, as the Russians attack the Finnish border in the Winter War, and the Finnish heroes defend a snow-laden mountain pass. The plot takes great historical liberties in its storyline. E.g. all "Finnish" uniforms and insignias are wrong.
Cast
Philip Dorn as Lt. Viktor Ryder
Luli Deste as Julia Engel
Stanley Fields as Birger Simberg
Samuel S. Hinds as Capt. Per Vallgren
Edward Norris as Paavo Luuki
John Qualen as Gustaf Nerkuu
Hardie Albright as Tyko Gallen
John Arledge as Dick Reynolds
John Ellis as Knut Vallgren
Henry Brandon as Jan Sikorsky
Kathryn Adams Doty as Lissa Ryder
Leona Roberts as Mother Ryder
Abner Biberman as Russian Field Commander
Wade Boteler as German Olympics Spokesman
Addison Richards as James Burton, speaker
Reed Hadley as Ivan Dubroski
See also
Winter War in popular culture
The Winter War, a 1989 Finnish war film
References
External links
Ski Patrol (1940) at IMDb
Turner Classic Movies page