Alaska Highway

Alaska Highway

★ 6.3IMDb Score
Released:1943-06-24
Genre:Drama
Duration:66 min
Director:Frank McDonald
Actors:Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, William Henry, Joe Sawyer
Production:Pine-Thomas Productions, Paramount Pictures

Overview:

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.

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