Alaska Highway (film)
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Charles Kerr (assistant)
Maxwell Shane
William C. Thomas
| Alaska Highway | |
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| Directed by | Frank McDonald Charles Kerr (assistant) |
| Written by | Lewis R. Foster Maxwell Shane |
| Produced by | William H. Pine William C. Thomas |
| Starring | Richard Arlen Jean Parker Ralph Sanford |
| Cinematography | Fred Jackman Jr. |
| Edited by | William H. Ziegler |
| Music by | Freddie Rich |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Alaska Highway is a 1943 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, and Ralph Sanford.
In February 1942 a road construction gang working in Northern California are summoned to a meeting. The boss of the gang, Pop Ormsby, has been commissioned as a Major in the US Army Corps of Engineers and signs up the entire crew with his two sons, Woody and Steve, gaining direct entry as Technical Sergeants to build the Alcan Highway.
Woody wants to enlist in the US Marine Corps to fight the Japanese rather than build another road. He changes his mind when he meets Ann, the daughter of one of the heads of the project, Blair, with the two brothers fighting over her as they build the highway.
Their feud is forgotten when a fire breaks out.
Cast
- Richard Arlen as Woody Ormsby
- Jean Parker as Ann Coswell
- Ralph Sanford as Frosty Gimble
- William Henry as Steve Ormsby
- Joe Sawyer as Roughhouse
- Eddie Quillan as Pompadour "Shorty" Jones
- Jack Wegman as Sergeant Swithers
- Harry Shannon as John "Pop" Ormsby
- Edward Earle as Blair Caswell
- Keith Richards as Hank Lincoln