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Alaska Highway (1943)

ACTION! DANGER! WITH THE U.S. ENGINEERS ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 6M

Director : Frank McDonald
Writer : Maxwell Shane, Lewis R. Foster

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 Ormseby, 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 Caswell, the daughter of Road Engineer Blair Caswell.

Actors

Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen
Woody Ormsby
Jean Parker
Jean Parker
Ann Coswell
Ralph Sanford
Ralph Sanford
Frosty Gimble
William Henry
William Henry
Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
Joe Sawyer
Joe Sawyer
Roughhouse
Eddie Quillan
Eddie Quillan
Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Jack Wegman
Jack Wegman
Sergeant Swithers
Harry Shannon
Harry Shannon
John 'Pop' Ormsby
Edward Earle
Edward Earle
Blair Caswell
Keith Richards
Keith Richards
Hank Lincoln

Crews

Frank McDonald
Frank McDonald
Director
Maxwell Shane
Maxwell Shane
Screenplay
Lewis R. Foster
Lewis R. Foster
Screenplay

Posters and backgrounds

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