Alaska Highway (1943)
ACTION! DANGER! WITH THE U.S. ENGINEERS ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY
66 min
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 Ormsby, 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 Coswell, the daughter of road engineer Blair Caswell.
- Release date
- June 24, 1943
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- 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 Sgt. Swithers
- Harry Shannon as John 'Pop' Ormsby
- Edward Earle as Blair Caswell
- Keith Richards as Hank Lincoln
Crew
- Frank McDonald · Director
- Maxwell Shane · Writer
- Lewis R. Foster · Writer
- William H. Pine · Producer
- William C. Thomas · Producer
- Freddie Rich · Composer
- Fred Jackman Jr. · Cinematographer
- William H. Ziegler · Editor