8.0
The Gold Rush
1925
“These were the adventures . . . fighting, laughing and brawling their way from Seattle to Nome!”
North to Alaska (1960)
November 7, 19602h 2mEN
6.5
130 votes
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.
Director
Henry HathawayWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$3.5M
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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User Reviews
John Chard
8.0What 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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Wuchak
8.0**_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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