The Worst Film Ever

Did you people see the same film I saw?

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

No, he doesn't tell jokes or clown around (other than some pratfalls); it's the script that provides the laughs. Other contemporary stars such as Fabian and Ernie Kovacs and Capucine are in major roles too, and fit in well with them.In 1900's Alaska, Wayne and a partner have a claim on a gold mine, and Wayne takes a boat to Seattle to retrieve the woman who promised to marry him...only to find the woman has married someone else already, losing her chance at the partner's potential fortune. At a local brothel, Wayne finds a beautiful French girl and talks her into coming to Alaska with him. Will everyone agree, including the partner? But those are only a few of the problems Wayne faces when he is back in Alaska.A combination of romantic comedy, subplots of treacherous villains, and slapstick keep the viewer entertained for two hours. Good for family viewing despite implied adult themes.

This is an excellent movie!! It is funny and series at the same time. John Wayne as Sam McCord is a miner who goes to Seattle to get his partners fiancée. The fiancée turns out to be married so he ends up at a bordello (?) where he gets Capucine to come with him to Alaska as a substitute. Fabian plays the younger brother of George Pratt (played well by Stewart Granger) and boy is he a horny teen when Capucine shows up. They have to defend their claim from claim jumpers and other nearby claims of friends. Ernie Kovacs is in the movie but I don't particularly see his role as a funny guy. He is just a sub plot to the movie and could have been left out. Capucine does a really nice job in the movie and ends up with, surprise, John Wayne at the end of the movie.

"John Wayne and Stewart Granger strike it rich in this rousing comedy-adventure set in the heyday of the Alaskan gold rush. When prospectors Sam McCord (Wayne) and George Pratt (Granger) hit the mother lode, George asks Sam to go to Seattle and fetch his sweetheart, Jennie, but she has already married someone else. Determined to bring George to a new life, Sam invites a salon dancer (Capucine) back to Nome as Jennie's replacement," according to the film's promotional description.The synopsis is also given in rockabilly singer Johnny Horton's excellent "North to Alaska" crossover hit, which was released just prior to the film, and served as an excellent promotional tool. All of this occurred simultaneously with Mr. Horton's sudden death in a car accident - which is an ironic tragedy, considering this film's celebration of alcohol.Teen idol Fabian (as Billy Pratt) performs "If You Knew" (a lesser tune). Filling the pin-up boy part in the Wayne formula for box office success, Fabian is surprisingly good as a comedian, especially in the "drunk" scene with Capucine. A fine comic, Ernie Kovacs (as Frankie Canon) isn't able to do much with his role. Wayne is funnier. Upping the level to near "Three Stooges" levels, director Henry Hathaway guides the cast through a lot of mud, not so much blood, and several kegs of beer.****** North to Alaska (11/3/60) Henry Hathaway ~ John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Fabian, Capucine

Out of 20th Century Fox, North to Alaska is directed by Henry Hathaway (& uncredited input from John Wayne) and stars John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian & Capucine. The film script is based on the play Birthday Gift by Ladislas Fodor, and it's a CinemaScope/Deluxe Color production with Leon Shamroy's cinematography mainly on location at Point Mugu in California. Lionel Newman scores the music and the film also features a hit song of the same name song by Johnny Horton. The plot sees George Pratt (Granger) & Sam McCord (Wayne) strike gold in Alaska. Nicely set up, George sends Sam to Seattle to bring back his fiancée. However, upon finding the girl, Sam learns that she has married another man and Sam makes the decision to bring back a pretty working girl called Angel (Capucine) as a substitute. Trouble is is that Angel misunderstands and thinks Sam wants her for himself and begins to fall in love with him. Things are further complicated back in Nome when con man Frankie Canon (Ernie Kovacs) tries to steal their claim. Not only that but Angel has to contend with George's mood swings and the puppy dog like attentions of George's younger brother Billy (Fabian).It often gets forgotten just what a good comedy actor John Wayne was. His icon status, and the genre he's most famous for, tends to keep his comedy pieces from being discovered by the casual movie fan. Which is a shame because with film's like Donovan's Reef, McLintock! and this here Hathaway treasure, there's enough fun and adventure to blow away the blues. The story in truth is nothing to write home about, it's a standard love triangle piece surrounded by gold rush conning and conniving. While teenage singer Fabian is out of his depth as his hyperactive hormone act quickly loses impetus, and Capucine, tho regally pretty, gives a one note and lacklustre performance that needs Wayne & Granger to offset it in the scenes shared with her. Yet the film still works incredibly well as a romantic comedy adventure.There's as many fists thrown here as there is in a championship boxing bout, with three hilariously staged free for all punch ups within the movie. The chemistry between Wayne & Granger is spot on as they do macho in a comedy stylie, and Kovacs revels in being the moustache twirling con man. Hathaway (stepping in when Richard Fleischer bailed out of the project) was a dab hand at action scenes, with a rolling wagon cart-come-shoot out-punch up sequence as rip roaring as it is funny. Even the animals get in on the act, be it a shaggy loyal dog or head butting goats, they too are filling out the comedy. There's also a lot of beauty on offer as Shamroy (Cleopatra/Leave Her to Heaven/The Black Swan) turns parts of California into Nome, Alaska. The scenes set around the twin cabin site of Sam & George are filmed at Hot Creek near Mammoth Mountain, simply gorgeous, while Mt. Morrison, a magnificent piece of nature, is featured in the background of many shots. Dorothy Spencer's editing is tight and on the money and Newman's score is brisk and bouncy.A far from flawless picture for sure, but what flaws are here are easily forgiven if the viewer is in the right spirit to take the film as it should be taken. 8/10