Ski Patrol (1940 film)

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.[1]

See also Ski Patrol (disambiguation)
Ski Patrol
Directed byLew Landers
Produced byBen Pivar, Warren Douglas
Written byPaul Huston
Music byFrank Skinner (uncredited)
CinematographyMilton R. Krasner
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • May 10, 1940 (1940-05-10)
Running time
64 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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