North to Alaska

Name: North to Alaska
Genre: Western, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1960-11-07
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 6.533

★ 6,5 /10 (136 Votes)

1960 EN 122 min

Overview

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.

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Release date

07/11/1960

Votes

136

Popularity

3.2

These were the adventures . . . fighting, laughing and brawling their way from Seattle to Nome!

Genres

Western Comedy Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

122 min

Budget

$3,500,000

John Wayne

Sam McCord

Stewart Granger

George Pratt

Ernie Kovacs

Frankie Canon

Fabian

Billy Pratt

Capucine

Michelle "Angel" Bonet

Mickey Shaughnessy

Peter Boggs

Karl Swenson

Lars Nordqvist

Kathleen Freeman

Lena Nordqvist

John Qualen

Logger

Stanley Adams

Breezy

Alan Carney

Bartender (uncredited)

James Griffith

Salvation Army Leader

Joe Sawyer

Land Commissioner

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Johnny Lee

Coachman

Esther Dale

Woman at Picnic

Lilyan Chauvin

Jenny Lamont

Douglas Dick

Lieutenant

Joey Faye

Artist

Arlene Harris

Madam of The Hen House

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Max Mellinger

Everett Bishop

Barbara Hines

Dans Hall girl

John Burnside

Miner (uncredited)

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Monte Burkhart

Arnie's Friend (uncredited)

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Clancy Cavanaugh

Dog (uncredited)

Lilyan Chauvin

Jenny Lamont (uncredited)

Richard Collier

Steambath - Skinny Sourdough (uncredited)

Stephen Courtleigh

Duggan (uncredited)

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Jane Crowley

Woman at Picnic (uncredited)

Richard Deacon

Angus - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Ollie O'Toole

Mack (uncredited)

Pat Hogan

Miner (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

Arnie (uncredited)

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Jack Gordon

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Sol Gorss

Gunman at Arnie's Claim (uncredited)

Fred Graham

Ole (uncredited)

Charles Seel

Gold Buyer (uncredited)

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Hal Taggart

Saloon Show Patron (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Saloon Brawler (uncredited)

Maurice Dallimore

Bartender (uncredited)

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George Ford

Miner (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Barfly (uncredited)

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What did I did? Out of 20th Century Fox, North to Alaska is directed by Henry Hathaway (& uncredited input from John Wayne) and stars John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian & Capucine. The film script is based on the play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor, and it's a CinemaScope/Deluxe Color production with Leon Shamroy's cinematography mainly on location at Point Mugu in California. Lionel Newman scores the music and the film also features a hit song of the same name song by Johnny Horton. The plot sees George Pratt (Granger) & Sam McCord (Wayne) strike gold in Alaska. Nicely …

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**_Fun Western dramedy with Wayne, Granger, Capucine and Fabian_** During the Nome Gold Rush in 1900, a prospector (Stewart Granger) sends his associate (Wayne) to Seattle to bring up his fiancée, but it turns out she's married and so he brings back a dubious substitute from a dance hall (Capucine). Fabian plays the prospector's kid brother who naturally becomes infatuated by the lovely visitor to their wilderness mining claim. Ernie Kovacs is on hand as a shifty businessman. "North to Alaska" (1960) is part dramatic Western, part farce and part romantic comedy, yet somehow it magically …

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