Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueDuring the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the... Tout lireDuring the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall.During the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall.
- Récompenses
- 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total
- Man at Picnic
- (non crédité)
- Worker Unloading Boat
- (non crédité)
- Dance Hall Girl
- (non crédité)
- Dealer at Palace Saloon
- (non crédité)
- Miner
- (non crédité)
- Norseman Logger
- (non crédité)
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Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesFinal Hollywood film of Stewart Granger.
- GaffesWhen Billy Pratt and Angel are having dinner, Billy opens a bottle of champagne that sprays out and douses one of the candles on the table. In the very next shot, Billy has his hand over the mouth of the bottle to stop the spray and the candle is lit. The candle is then out again, then lit again, then out a third time in following shots.
- Citations
Ole: [after Sam has left to get Angel a coffee refill] Angel! Don't you remember me? I'm Ole, the logger.
Angel: Oh, please go away.
Ole: I was going to come up to see you tonight.
Angel: [as Ole paws her] No. I said please go away. Let me go!
Sam McCord: [Sam returns, sees what is happening, and knocks out Ole with one punch; says to Angel] Brought you some coffee.
Angel: [surprised] Wasn't that man a friend of yours?
Sam McCord: [matter-of-factly] Sure. Still is - or will be, when he sobers up.
Angel: Well, why did you do it, then?
Sam McCord: Habit, I guess. I guess a fella gets sore, and... What's the matter? Haven't you ever had a fella fight over you before?
Angel: Well, over me, yes, but... never for me.
Sam McCord: Well, I... I guess I got sore, that's all.
Angel: Why did you get sore?
Sam McCord: Well, how do I know? A fella gets sore, that's all.
- Crédits fousOpening credits prologue: NOME, 1900
- ConnexionsFeatured in The John Wayne Anthology (1991)
- Bandes originalesIf You Knew
Performed by Fabian
Music by Russell Faith
Lyrics by Robert P. Marcucci Peter De Angelis (as Peter DeAngelis)
Granger and Fabian play the brothers Pratt, George and Billy and John Wayne is their partner Sam McCord in a gold claim that's just hit it big. He's got to buy mining equipment in Seattle and Pratt's fiancé Jennie is there too. Wayne's to bring back both the equipment and Jennie.
But Jennie has off and got herself married. So Wayne in a moment of alcoholic brilliance spots another girl with a French accent in a pleasure palace called the Birdcage and decided to take her back to Alaska for Granger. She's played by Capucine. But things don't quite work out.
Of course there's another kind of claim jumping going on led by no-good cynical gambler Ernie Kovacs. All kinds of problems for the McCord-Pratt partnership.
If you like your comedy broad and unsophisticated North to Alaska is your kind of film. The Duke has some of his funniest screen moments in this film. There's a whole routine with Granger and Capucine trying to make Wayne jealous and with Fabian serving as a straight man to Wayne, it's a pretty funny bit of business. Wayne's facial expressions are alone worth seeing the movie.
John Wayne was always shrewd in marketing his films and he sought to woo a younger audience by having current teenage idols in his films around that time. He had Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo and Frankie Avalon in The Alamo and now Fabian in North to Alaska.
I saw an interview with Fabian some years ago where he said Wayne was a formidable presence on the set of his film. He was great when you got to know him and he accepted you. But you did things his way or it was the highway, no questions asked.
Fabian has some moments too as a 17 year old whose hormones get going at the sight of Capucine. He sings a song in the film, If You Only Knew. But the real song hit is the title tune sung by Johnny Horton over the title. It was a big hit for Horton in his short and tragic career. Frankie Laine also sold a few platters with this song.
If your taste is sophisticated drawing room comedy, this ain't your film. But fans of the eternal Duke will love it.
- bkoganbing
- 20 mai 2005
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 3 500 000 $US (estimé)
- Durée2 heures 2 minutes
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1