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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   2,087 votes
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Director:
Henry Hathaway
Writers:
John H. Kafka (idea)
Ladislas Fodor (play)
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Release Date:
7 November 1960 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Western more
Tagline:
In all the 50 states you won't find a fun-filled adventure like it! more
Plot:
Sam and George strike gold in Alaska. George sends Sam to Seattle to bring George's fiancé back to Alaska... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
Lumber jacks become gold miners in Nome, Alaska. more (26 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

John Wayne ... Sam McCord
Stewart Granger ... George Pratt

Ernie Kovacs ... Frankie Canon
Fabian ... Billy Pratt
Capucine ... Michelle 'Angel' Bonet
Mickey Shaughnessy ... Peter Boggs
Karl Swenson ... Lars Nordquist
Joe Sawyer ... Land Commissioner
Kathleen Freeman ... Lena Nordquist
John Qualen ... Logger Judge
Stanley Adams ... Breezy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Mark Bailey ... Norseman Logger (uncredited)
Rayford Barnes ... Gold buyer (uncredited)
Oscar Beregi Jr. ... Captain (uncredited)
Peter Bourne ... Olaf (uncredited)
Alan Carney ... Bartender (uncredited)

Lilyan Chauvin ... Jenny Lamont (uncredited)
Richard Collier ... Steambath - Skinny Sourdough (uncredited)
Stephen Courtleigh ... Duggan (uncredited)
Esther Dale ... Woman at picnic (uncredited)
Maurice Dallimore ... Bartender (uncredited)
Richard Deacon ... Angus, hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
Douglas Dick ... Lieutenant (uncredited)
Tom Dillon ... Barber (uncredited)
Joey Faye ... Sourdough / Artist (uncredited)

Frank Faylen ... Arnie (uncredited)
Fortune Gordien ... Logger (uncredited)
Sol Gorss ... Gunman at Arnie's Claim (uncredited)
James Griffith ... Salvation Army leader (uncredited)
Arlene Harris ... Queen Lil (uncredited)
Max Hellinger ... Everett 'Bish' Bishop, the waiter (uncredited)
Marcel Hillaire ... Jenny's husband ('butler') (uncredited)
Pat Hogan ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Roy Jenson ... Ole, Logger punched by Sam (uncredited)
Johnny Lee ... Coachman (uncredited)
Paul Maxey ... Fat Sourdough (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Jerry O'Sullivan ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Ollie O'Toole ... Mack (uncredited)
Tudor Owen ... Purser (uncredited)
Pamela Raymond ... Pony Dancer (uncredited)
Charles Seel ... Gold buyer (uncredited)
Milton Selzer ... Salvation Army player (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Bag Porter (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel ... Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Patty Wharton ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Henry Hathaway 
 
Writing credits
John H. Kafka (idea)

Ladislas Fodor (play "Birthday Gift") (as Laszlo Fodor)

John Lee Mahin (screenplay) and
Martin Rackin (screenplay) and
Claude Binyon (screenplay)

Ben Hecht  uncredited and
Wendell Mayes  uncredited

Produced by
Henry Hathaway .... producer
Charles K. Feldman .... producer (uncredited)
John Lee Mahin .... producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Lionel Newman 
Cyril J. Mockridge (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Leon Shamroy 
 
Film Editing by
Dorothy Spencer 
 
Art Direction by
Duncan Cramer 
Jack Martin Smith 
 
Set Decoration by
Stuart A. Reiss 
Walter M. Scott 
 
Costume Design by
Bill Thomas 
 
Makeup Department
Ben Nye .... makeup artist
Helen Turpin .... hair stylist
Web Overlander .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stanley Hough .... assistant director
Richard Talmadge .... second unit director
 
Art Department
Don B. Greenwood .... property master (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Alfred Bruzlin .... sound
Warren B. Delaplain .... sound
 
Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott .... special photographic effects
Emil Kosa Jr. .... special photographic effects
Barney Wolff .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
John Epper .... stunts (uncredited)
Sol Gorss .... stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham .... stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy .... stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes .... stunts (uncredited)
Roy Jenson .... stunts (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard .... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Morgan .... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan .... stunts (uncredited)
Harvey Parry .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Perkins .... stunts (uncredited)
George Robotham .... stunts (uncredited)
Richard Talmadge .... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Clyde Taylor .... gaffer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Bernard Mayers .... orchestrator
Urban Thielmann .... orchestrator
Irving Gertz .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Arthur Morton .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Edward B. Powell .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Josephine Earl .... dance stager
 
Crew verified as complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Go North (USA) (working title)
The Alaskans (USA) (working title)
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Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
122 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG (cable rating) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Years after the production was first shown in public, the producers of the film admitted that, in the scene where Capucine is trying to laugh, she was actually tickled on her feet and that her laughs and pleas for mercy were entirely genuine. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the cavalry come to impound the mine and the Duke is about to ride off with his share of the gold, the trooper has the correct Trapdoor Springfield carbine, but the cocking noise is that of a lever action Winchester. The Springfield had a side hammer and makes a click-click noise, while the Winchester makes a shook-shook noise. more
Quotes:
Sam McCord: Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Disco Fever (1978/I) more
Soundtrack:
When the Saints Go Marching In more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Lumber jacks become gold miners in Nome, Alaska., 18 May 2000
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Author: Michael O'Keefe from Muskogee OK

John Wayne plays Sam McCord, who teams up with George Pratt, played by Stewart Granger, striking it rich with a gold mine around the turn of the century in Alaska. Fabian plays George's younger brother, Billy. George sends Sam back to Seattle to bring back his bride to be; instead, Sam brings back a chorus girl played by Capucine.

Henry Hathaway directs this fist swinging comedy. Of course, Mr. Wayne is in charge of the fist fights and Fabian is the butt of and source of most of the comedy. Comic Ernie Kovacs plays a snide claim jumper. Fast paced frolic of a picture. An enjoyable lighter side of 'Duke' Wayne.

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