- published: 20 Mar 2016
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North to Alaska is a 1960 comedic western movie directed by Henry Hathaway and John Wayne (uncredited). It starred Wayne along with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian and Capucine. The script is based on the play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor and set in Nome, 1900. The movie featured Johnny Horton's song of the same name, sung during the opening titles.
After finding gold in Alaska, George Pratt (Stewart Granger) sends partner Sam McCord (John Wayne) to Seattle to bring back his fiancée, a French girl whom Sam has never met.
Finding there that George's girl has already married another man, Sam brings back prostitute "Angel" (Capucine) as a substitute. There is a misunderstanding: she thinks Sam wants her for himself and begins to become enamored with him during the boat trip to Alaska, during which he treats her like a respectable lady.
An angry George rejects the girl outright, though his younger brother Billy (Fabian) is definitely interested. Meanwhile, con man and saloon owner Frankie Cannon (Ernie Kovacs) tries to steal their gold claim.
(Way up north way up north) north to Alaska go north the rush is on
(North to Alaska a-go north the rush is on)
Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two
With George Pratt his partner and brother Billy too
They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold
Below that old White Mountain just a little southeast of Nome
Sam crossed the majestic mountains to valleys far below
He talked to his team of huskys as he mushed on through the snow
With the northern lights a running wild in the land of the midnight sun
Yes Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one
Where the river is winding big nuggets they're finding
North to Alaska go north the rush is on north to Alaska go north the rush is on
(Way up north way up north) north to Alaska a-go north the rush is on
North to Alaska a-go north the rush is on
George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand
Said Sam you're a looking at a lonely lonely man
I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land
For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny's hand
Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time
Remember Sam a true love is so hard to find
I'd build for my Jenny a honeymoon home
Below that old White Mountain just a little southeast of Nome