The Alaskans

The Alaskans
Roger Moore on the set of The Alaskans, 1959
Genre
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composer"Gold Fever" by
Mack David and
Jerry Livingston[2]
ComposerMax Steiner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes36
Production
Executive producerWilliam T. Orr
Producers
Production locationCalifornia
Editors
  • David Wages
  • Robert B. Warwick
Running time49-51 minutes
Production companyWarner Bros. Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 4, 1959 (1959-10-04) –
June 19, 1960 (1960-06-19)
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The Alaskans is a 1959–1960 ABC/Warner Bros. Western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush.[3] Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw" (Dorothy Provine), "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life".[4]

The show was the first regular work on American television for the British actor Roger Moore.