North to Alaska
1960 · Movie · NR · 122 min · ★ 6.5 · 55% critics
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner travels to Seattle to fetch his partner’s fiancée, only to discover she has moved on. To soften the blow, he returns with a lively dancer instead, setting off a mix of romantic confusion, frontier scheming, and rough-and-tumble comedy.
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Details
- Years
- 1960
- Release date
- 1960-11-07
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (134 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like old-fashioned romantic westerns with bar fights, gold-rush hijinks, and a playful tone similar to Calamity Jane or Goin' South; Not for you if broad slapstick and dated attitudes wear thin.
Pros: breezy western-comedy mix; likable leads; lively brawls | Cons: broad slapstick; uneven pacing; thin story
Themes
- gold
- gold rush
- alaska
Cast & crew
John Wayne
as Sam McCord
Stewart Granger
as George Pratt
Ernie Kovacs
as Frankie Canon
Fabian
as Billy Pratt
Capucine
as Michelle "Angel" Bonet
Mickey Shaughnessy
as Peter Boggs
Karl Swenson
as Lars Nordqvist
Kathleen Freeman
as Lena Nordqvist
John Qualen
as Logger
Stanley Adams
as Breezy
Directed by Henry Hathaway