North to Alaska
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| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Produced by | Henry Hathaway John Lee Mahin (uncredited) Charles Feldman (uncredited) |
| Written by | John Lee Mahin Martin Rackin Claude Binyon Wendell Mayes (uncredited) Ben Hecht (uncredited) |
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Birthday Gift 1939 play by Ladislas Fodor from an idea by John Kafka |
| Starring | John Wayne Stewart Granger Capucine Ernie Kovacs Fabian |
| Music by | Lionel Newman |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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120 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.8 million |
| Box office | $5 million (US/ Canada rentals) 1,994,920 admissions (France) |
North to Alaska is a 1960 comedic Western/Northern film directed by Henry Hathaway and John Wayne (uncredited). The picture stars Wayne along with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, and Capucine. The script is based on the play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor and set during the Nome gold rush.
The movie featured Johnny Horton's song "North to Alaska", sung during the opening titles, setting up an introduction to the story.
In 1901, after finding gold in Nome, Alaska, George Pratt (Stewart Granger) sends partner Sam McCord (John Wayne) to Seattle, Washington to bring back his fiancée, Jenny Lamont (Lilyan Chauvin), a French girl whom Sam has never met.
Finding that George's girl has already married another man, Sam brings back prostitute "Angel" (Capucine) as a substitute. There is a misunderstanding: she thinks Sam wants her for himself and becomes enamored with him on the boat trip to Alaska, during which he treats her like a respectable lady.
An angry George rejects the girl outright, though his younger brother Billy (Fabian) is definitely interested. Meanwhile, conman and saloon owner Frankie Cannon (Ernie Kovacs) tries to steal their gold claim.
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