North to Alaska (1960)
Dir. Henry Hathaway
Starring: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Capucine, Ernie Kovacs
After spending 3 years mining for gold in Alaska, George
(Granger) sends his partner Sam McCord (Wayne) to Seattle to retrieve the
French girl he had arranged to marry. Once in Seattle, Sam learns that George’s
fiancée has already married someone else, and after a chance encounter with a
prostitute named Angel (Capucine), he decides to bring her back to Alaska as a
replacement for George. Once back in Alaska they also have to deal with claim
jumpers and a sleazy con man named Frankie (Kovacs)
