Alaska Highway

Alaska Highway

66 mins | Drama | June 24, 1943

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 Ormseby, 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 Caswell, the daughter of Road Engineer Blair Caswell.

Alaska Highway

66 mins | Drama | June 24, 1943

Alaska Highway
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 Ormseby, 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 Caswell, the daughter of Road Engineer Blair Caswell.
IMDb rating 5.0
Producers Pine-Thomas Productions
Original title Alaska Highway
Directors Frank McDonald
Writers Maxwell Shane, Lewis R. Foster

Cast

Richard Arlen

as Woody Ormsby

Jean Parker

as Ann Coswell

Ralph Sanford

as Frosty Gimble

William Henry

as Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)

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