SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

itsonlythebreeze I have heard this is a brilliant movie. I love dogs and huskies are beautiful and are a fact of life in some areas. John Wayne is an old favourite. Johnny Horton is of course not to be sneezed at when it comes to legends. The scenery is outstanding. Congrats to film crew I have seen posters. I have seen previews. I have not been able to download full movie. I would like to as this is something I would like to do. I am not young any more and I grab what pleasures I can. I love the thought of romance in a hostile land. Combine this with favourite actors,awesome scenery and legendary balladry and comedy this has to be a winner. Please watch this movie.

jbix909 This was a great story and great movie. I saw this back when I was a kid and again the other night.I couldn't help but fall in love with Capucine, she's wonderful in this and she was a fabulous Actress. She appears in the Pink Panther Movie. Her beauty is second to none. John Wayne, Fabian, and Stuart Granger are also really great in this. Great Direction, it was also filmed so that you think the characters are really in Nome, and great cinematography. The Director Hathaway also did True Grit and Son's of Katy Elder. There is no relation to the actress Anne (Hathaway).Fabian is notably really funny, he turned out to be a pretty good actor in other movies as well.The script was reportedly turned down by another director but I thought the script was really well done for this action, romantic comedy.I really believed the chemistry between Capucine and John Wayne although with a beauty like that it's hard not to have any chemistry with everyone she would meet, including William Holden whom she reportedly had an affair with in the 80's. She committed suicide reportedly over health problems in 1990. Chemistry between the leads is so important in the believability of films.I give this movie 8 out of 10 stars.

Dave from Ottawa ...but still fun. Ernie Kovacs puts the plot, such as there is, into motion with a successful scam - first in a long line of unsuccessful ones - and The Duke has to fight to defend his gold claim, his brother and his best pal, all the while carrying on rather unintended romance with beautiful French prostitute Capucine. It's all pretty silly and obvious, but the principals throw a lot of charm and manic energy into the action and comedy both and the result is surprisingly entertaining in a sledge hammer sort of fashion. The scenery looks gorgeous and the action moves along crisply, plus outdoor movie veterans Stewart Granger and The Duke look perfectly at home on the Edge of Nowhere. The real revelation here, though, is Capucine who shows a rare talent for playing it straight while setting up everyone else. (It was an old Vaudeville axiom that comedians were a dime a dozen, but a good straight man was hard to find.) Capucine proves here, just as she did in The Pink Panther two years later that she can keep her dignity while all about her are losing theirs, thanks to an arch and knowing awareness in the midst of any amount of tomfoolery. There are big fight scenes, big barbecues, bit trees, big landscapes; everything is suitably big, just as you would want in a John Wayne movie. Nothing really special or unexpected happens over the film's considerable length, but as a character comedy set against a big backdrop of big ambition, big greed, big stakes, just plain old big everything, it's a pretty fine way for any Wayne fan to spend two hours on a lazy afternoon.And, since Capucine's supposed occupation is handled in a suitably G- rated fashion (for the early 1960s) the movie is very kid friendly, too. Enjoy.

wes-connors "John Wayne and Stewart Granger strike it rich in this rousing comedy-adventure set in the heyday of the Alaskan gold rush. When prospectors Sam McCord (Wayne) and George Pratt (Granger) hit the mother lode, George asks Sam to go to Seattle and fetch his sweetheart, Jennie, but she has already married someone else. Determined to bring George to a new life, Sam invites a salon dancer (Capucine) back to Nome as Jennie's replacement," according to the film's promotional description.The synopsis is also given in rockabilly singer Johnny Horton's excellent "North to Alaska" crossover hit, which was released just prior to the film, and served as an excellent promotional tool. All of this occurred simultaneously with Mr. Horton's sudden death in a car accident - which is an ironic tragedy, considering this film's celebration of alcohol.Teen idol Fabian (as Billy Pratt) performs "If You Knew" (a lesser tune). Filling the pin-up boy part in the Wayne formula for box office success, Fabian is surprisingly good as a comedian, especially in the "drunk" scene with Capucine. A fine comic, Ernie Kovacs (as Frankie Canon) isn't able to do much with his role. Wayne is funnier. Upping the level to near "Three Stooges" levels, director Henry Hathaway guides the cast through a lot of mud, not so much blood, and several kegs of beer.****** North to Alaska (11/3/60) Henry Hathaway ~ John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Fabian, Capucine