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Alaska Highway

  • 1943
  • TMDB 6.3/10
  • 1h 6m

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.

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Richard ArlenWoody Ormsby
  • Jean ParkerAnn Coswell
  • Ralph SanfordFrosty Gimble
  • William HenrySteve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
  • Joe SawyerRoughhouse
  • Eddie QuillanPompadour 'Shorty' Jones
  • Jack WegmanSergeant Swithers
  • Harry ShannonJohn 'Pop' Ormsby

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