ALASKA HIGHWAY (1943) Richard Arlen, Jean Parker & Ralph Sanford | Drama | B&W | Golden Age Film

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Alaska Highway is a 1943 American drama film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, and Ralph Sanford.

Synopsis

In February 1942 a road construction gang working in Northern California are summoned to a meeting. The boss of the gang, Pop Ormsby, has been commissioned as a Major in the US Army Corps of Engineers and signs up the entire crew with his two sons, Woody and Steve, gaining direct entry as Technical Sergeants to build the Alcan Highway.

Woody wants to enlist in the US Marine Corps to fight the Japanese rather than build another road. He changes his mind when he meets Ann, the daughter of one of the heads of the project, Blair, with the two brothers fighting over her as they build the highway.

Their feud is forgotten when a fire breaks out.

Cast & Crew

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

Directed by: Frank McDonald
Assistant Director: Charles Kerr
Written by:
Lewis R. Foster
Maxwell Shane
Produced by:
William H. Pine
William C. Thomas
Cinematography: Fred Jackman Jr.
Edited by: William H. Ziegler
Music by: Freddie Rich
Production Company: Pine-Thomas Productions
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: 1943
Running Time: 66 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English