Back North to Alaska AN إلى الشمال نحو ألاسكا (فيلم) Arabic الى الشمال نحو الاسكا ARZ На север, към Аляска Bulgarian North to Alaska Welsh Kom til Alaska Danish Land der tausend Abenteuer German North to Alaska (película de 1960) Spanish North to Alaska Basque شمال به آلاسکا Persian
| North to Alaska | |
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 1960 movie poster | |
| Directed by | Henry Hathaway |
| Written by | John Lee Mahin Martin Rackin Claude Binyon Wendell Mayes (uncredited) Ben Hecht (uncredited) |
| Based on | Birthday Gift 1939 play by Ladislas Fodor from an idea by John Kafka[1] |
| Produced by | Henry Hathaway John Lee Mahin (uncredited) Charles Feldman (uncredited) |
| Starring | John Wayne Stewart Granger Capucine Ernie Kovacs Fabian |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Lionel Newman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.8 million[2] |
| Box office | $5 million (US/ Canada rentals)[3][4][5] 1,994,920 admissions (France)[6] |
North to Alaska is a 1960 American comedy Western/Northern film directed by Henry Hathaway and John Wayne (uncredited). The picture stars Wayne along with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, and Capucine. The script is based on the 1939 play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor and is set during the Nome gold rush.[7]
The film featured Johnny Horton's song "North to Alaska", sung during the opening titles, setting up an introduction to the story.
- ^ "Yale Finding Aid Database : Guide to the Edmond Pauker Papers". Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p. 253
- ^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, January 8, 1964, p 69
- ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. January 10, 1961. p. 13.
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p. 229
- ^ Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France Archived October 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at Box Office Story
- ^ TCM, North to Alaska Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved November 4, 2011