North to Alaska

This article is about the film. For the song, see North to Alaska (song).

North to Alaska
1960 movie poster
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Written byJohn Lee Mahin
Martin Rackin
Claude Binyon
Wendell Mayes (uncredited)
Ben Hecht (uncredited)
Based onBirthday Gift
1939 play
by Ladislas Fodor from an idea by John Kafka[1]
Produced byHenry Hathaway
John Lee Mahin (uncredited)
Charles Feldman (uncredited)
StarringJohn Wayne
Stewart Granger
Capucine
Ernie Kovacs
Fabian
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byLionel Newman
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 10, 1960 (1960-11-10)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.8 million[2]
Box office$5 million (US/ Canada rentals)[3][4][5]
1,994,920 admissions (France)[6]

North to Alaska is a 1960 American comedy Western/Northern film directed by Henry Hathaway and John Wayne (uncredited). The picture stars Wayne along with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, and Capucine. The script is based on the 1939 play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor and is set during the Nome gold rush.[7]

The film featured Johnny Horton's song "North to Alaska", sung during the opening titles, setting up an introduction to the story.

  1. ^ "Yale Finding Aid Database : Guide to the Edmond Pauker Papers". Archived from the original on December 10, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p. 253
  3. ^ "All-Time Top Grossers", Variety, January 8, 1964, p 69
  4. ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. January 10, 1961. p. 13.
  5. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p. 229
  6. ^ Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France Archived October 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at Box Office Story
  7. ^ TCM, North to Alaska Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved November 4, 2011