Alaska Highway (1943)
1943 · Feature film · 67 min · dir. Frank McDonald
ACTION! DANGER! WITH THE U.S. ENGINEERS ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY
- Drama
Synopsis
Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his two sons, Woody Ormsby, decides he had rather fight with bullets than bulldozers but is assigned by the Army to work on the project. Woody and his younger brother Steve are both rivals for the affection of Ann Coswell, the daughter of road engineer Blair Caswell.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Frank McDonald
- Writer
- Lewis R. Foster
- Studio
- Pine-Thomas Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 1943-06-24
- Running time
- 67 minutes
Cast & crew
Frank McDonald Director
Richard Arlen
Jean Parker
Ralph Sanford
William Henry
Joe Sawyer
Eddie Quillan- Jack Wegman
Harry Shannon
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Totally enjoyable · kareneliot · 2010-09-11
I especially liked this one. I'd call it a WWII lumberjack romance adventure with subtle hints of documentary undertones. Two brothers and their Father are all in the Army Corps of Engineers and go off to Alaska to build a highway, and of course there's a female character thrown in as a roadblock, and some army guys as comic relief. It has a played-out story line (two brothers like the same girl), but the rest of the story is engaging, entertaining and quick paced. It was well acted by likable characters with some good lines. The action scenes and scenery were great. There were some really…
★★★★★ · Really good film · I_like_old_movies · 2012-06-23
Really a top-notch B film. Better than average acting and high production values. Good story about the building of the Alcan highway with some good action sequences. Hard to find fault with it. I wish more of the films in the archives were this kind of quality.
★ · And the war never ends... · karl_winter · 2012-10-08
A boring peace of war propaganda. This film was obviously sponsored by Alcan aluminium company, one of the major war profiteers. For educational purposes only, no fun.
