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zz43b| North to Alaska
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1960
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Director: Henry Hathaway
Screenplay: Wendell Mayes
Producer: Charles K. Feldman, Henry Hathaway, John Lee Mahin
Cast: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine
Genre: Western

Running Time: 122
Aspect Ratio:  2.35:1 (NTSC Anamorphic Widescreen)
Sound: Dolby Digital 4.0
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Features: MovieTone News
Studio:  20th Century Fox DVD Region:  1 NR
DVD Release:  May 2003 Discs:  1 (DVD) [$14.98]
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Reviews:  1960
Even people habitually hostile to John Wayne movies tend to cast an indulgent eye on this rumbustious comedy-Western--partly because the Alaska gold rush setting seems more exotic than, say, Texas or Arizona, and because there are no Indians to discriminate against and no macho gunplay to fret about. As for John Wayne as all-purpose icon of male chauvinism, Big Sam McCord (the Duke) spends much of "North to Alaska" in a state of growing discombobulation because he has fallen in love with, and is thoroughly flummoxed by, "Angel" (Capucine), the woman he's brought back from Seattle to marry his heartsick partner George (Stewart Granger). Henry Hathaway directs in a broader vein than usual, but he hits pay dirt. Even Fabian, the latest pop music idol to be dragooned into supporting the elder roughnecks, is fun, and Ernie Kovacs is droll casting as chief "villain."

-KENTFLIX


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