Sergeant Swell of the Mounties [SEP] director
Sergeant Swell of the Mounties
Sergeant Swell of the Mounties is a 1972 short film written and directed by Len Janson and Chuck Menville, and starring Menville in the title role. Sergeant Swell short films were featured on the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour during the 1971 season, which began on September 14, 1971.
The film is a pixilation spoof of "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon".
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Newman made his debut as a director of feature films with "Northwest Rangers" (1941), a B-movie about the Canadian Mounties starring James Craig.
Newman was a major in the Signal Corps during World War II. While there he directed the short film "Diary of a Sergeant" (1945) starring Harold Russell which led to Russell's appearance in "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946).
After the war Newman returned to directing shorts at MGM: "The Luckiest