North to alaska is a 1960 film starring john wayne, stewart granger, ernie kovacs. It includes movies in which location shooting occurred both inside and outside of alaska. But a particularly contentious writers strike had just begun in hollywood, and richard fleischer. North to alaska 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Popular videos north to alaska north to alaska topic. North to alaska is a film directed by henry hathaway with john wayne, stewart granger, capucine, ernie kovacs, year. The script is based on the play birthday gift by ladislas fodor and set in nome, 1900. The cast includes elijah wood in the title role, with jon lovitz, jason alexander, alan. North to alaska 1960 alabama hills, lone pine, california, usa. Iam a john wayne fan but this film north to alaska shows a different side of the duke. Capucine, fabian, ernie kovacs, stewart granger, john wayne. George sends sam to seattle to bring georges fiance back to alaska. George, a wonderful thing about alaska is that matrimony hasnt hit up here yet. North to alaska is an intriguing but not always successful mix of western and romantic comedy, with a healthy dose of slapstick thrown in.
Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. North to alaska is pure, unabashed hollywood hokum done to. The weather posed no problems, since the picture was shot in point mugu, california, a far cry from wintry nome, where much of the story takes place. Also, please be sure to read the advice and disclaimer page for information about visiting the locations. While it contains more than a handful of entertaining scenes, including some memorable brawls, at the end of the day the movie is too goofy for its own good. Sam mccord en george pratt hebben goud gevonden in alaska. During the alaska gold rush, prospector george sends partner sam to seattle to bring his fiancee but when it turns out that she married another man, sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the henhouse dance hall. North to alaska cast and crew cast photos and info. North to alaska is a 1960 comedic western movie directed by henry hathaway and john wayne uncredited.
Western komedie film geregisseerd door henry hathaway. Recorded in 1960 and featured in the movie of the same name, starring john wayne. A new version of is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. In 1900, two successful gold prospectors have woman trouble. North to alaska is a 1960 comedic westernnorthern film directed by henry hathaway and john wayne uncredited. North to alaska official trailer after years of hinting at a funloving, broad sense of humor in his movies, wayne pulls out all the stops and plays north to alaska strictly for laughs. Do you have any new or corrected filming details to add. It received a total of 57 award nominations during its fiveyear run and won 27, including the 1992 primetime emmy award for outstanding drama series, two additional. North to alaska 1960 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely. North to alaska is a goodhumored, oldfashioned, noholdsbarred, allstopsout northern, a kind of rowdy second cousin to a notveryadult western.
The french fashion model and actress, born germaine helene irene lefebvre, made three dozen films including the pink panther, whats new pussycat. North to alaska, a lighthearted western from 1960, did not come easily into the world. The picture stars wayne along with stewart granger, ernie kovacs, fabian and capucine. An alaskan prospector john wayne escorts a girl from seattle to a northern. Granger strike it rich in this rousing comedy adventure set during the alaskan gold rush. Ernie kovacs, in one of his few film roles, before his untimely death, makes a. This site is for research, and is not meant to infringe on the rights of the owners of this motion picture. John wayne, stewart granger, ernie kovacs, fabian en capucine. Who was the beautiful french actress in north to alaska. North to alaska is een amerikaanse filmkomedie uit 1960 onder regie van henry hathaway. The bluray is 108024p but has no extras not even a trailer. This is north to alaska by johnny horton, the song for which the movie is named, being played in a honkytonk style. North to alaska 2009 stream and watch online moviefone. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
North to alaska 1960a goldrush adventure that combined wayne, action, and humourwas hathaways biggest hit and arguably his best worksince niagara. In the movie north to alaska, starring john wayne, stewart granger and fabian, was a beautiful french actress named capucine. The tale of a 9yearold boy who becomes a free agent and travels the world in search of the perfect parents by alan zweibel, who wrote the screenplay and has a minor role in the film. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing north to alaska near you. Released february 16th, 2009, north to alaska stars john wayne, stewart granger, ernie kovacs, fabian the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 2 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Point mugu, california, usa beach and exterior town scenes yukon territory, canada. North to alaska 1960 the 1960s john wayne message board. Filming locations 6 production dates 1 filming locations. This is a list of films set in alaska, whether in part or in full. Northern exposure is an american northern comedydrama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in alaska, that ran on cbs from july 12, 1990, to july 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. The script is based on the play birthday gift by ladislas fodor and is set during the nome gold rush the movie featured johnny hortons song north to alaska, sung during the opening titles. Following the main list is a list of films which were filmed in alaska, but set elsewhere. Big bear lake, big bear valley, san bernardino national forest, california, usa. This north american setting is part of the northern genre.
Since i was a boy i noticed that two sequences in the films true grit and north to alaska have remarkably similar settings. John wayne and johnny lee in north to alaska 1960 john wayne and. North to alaska is a 1960 hit song recorded by johnny horton that was featured in the movie of the same name. Sam, after trying to get george and angel together, finally romances angel, who, in the meantime, is busy fighting off the advances of georges younger brother, billy. Horton helped provide an excellent box office return on the film.
One of john waynes most popular westernadventures, north to alaska reveals his light comedy skills, and benefits from shamroys onlocation shoot, hathaways smooth helming, and great cast. North to alaska is a 1960 comedic western directed by henry hathaway and john wayne. He has a sense of humor in this film also he still has that raw edge to him. With john wayne, stewart granger, ernie kovacs, fabian. North to alaska is a 1960 comedic westernnorthern film directed by henry hathaway and john wayne. North to alaska movienorth to alaska movie onlinenorth to alaska movie streamingnorth to alaska movie hdnorth to alaska movie xvidnorth to alaska movie english. Years after the production was first shown in public, the producers of the film. During the scene at the bar, where john waynes character is searching for frank, there is a song being played in the background while they search.
Though horton had sung several popular movie tiein songs, this was the first one that was sung over the opening titles the songs lyrics during the opening titles of the film provide a back story for the point where the film begins. North to alaska 1960 john wayne message board jwmb. After partners george pratt and sam mccord strike it rich with their nome, alaska gold mine, georges only wish is to marry his french fiancee jenny, who has been patiently waiting for him. The film is set in north alaska circa 1890 and finds wayne, granger, and grangers kid brother, fabian, partners in a gold mine. It stars wayne along with stewart granger, ernie kovacs, fabian and capucine. North is a 1994 american comedydrama adventure film directed by rob reiner.