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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on May 29, 2019

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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 s... read the rest.

A review by Wuchak

80%
Written by Wuchak on January 9, 2023

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 m... read the rest.

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