Movie
North to Alaska
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-11-07
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Genres
- Western, Comedy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
- Alan Carney as Bartender (uncredited)
- James Griffith as Salvation Army Leader
Crew
- Henry Hathaway - Director
- Ladislas Fodor - Screenplay
- Claude Binyon - Screenplay
- Martin Rackin - Screenplay
- Ben Hecht - Screenplay
- John Lee Mahin - Screenplay
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