During the Alaska gold rush, prospector George (Stewart Granger) and his colleague Sam (John Wayne) strike gold in Alaska , then George asks for Sam to go Seattle to pick up his fiancée . But he encounters many problems when it turns out that she married another man , Sam goes back with a pretty substitute (Capucine) , the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall . In the meantime, Sam is busy fighting off the advances of George's younger brother, Billy (Fabian) . Along the way , there appears the swindler Frankie (Ernie Kovacs) , a con man attempting to steal the partners' gold claim. These were the adventures . Fighting, laughing and brawling their way from Seattle to Nome! In all the 50 states you won't find a fun-filled adventure like it! It's fun-filled adventure all the way from Seattle to Nome!From Seattle to Nome...it's fun-filled adventure - and riotous comedy! Big Sam and the Big Adventure! When Big Sam wanted somethin', he got it - the best! When he did somethin', he did it big... Like taming a woman the way you tame the land! Or fighting until the last man was down! Now Big Sam was set. He and the Seattle pleasure palace doll were on their way -- to the top of the world!
A rumbustious comedy western with John Wayne and Stewart Granger as intimate partners along with the young Fabian in Gold Rush days . Packing a lot of loving mess in which Sam going to Seattle to bring George's fiancée back to Nome , Alaska , returning instead with Angel and after attempting to get George and Angel together, he ultimately falls for Angel . It contains action , shootouts , hilarious scenes , bar-room brawls , and a memorable theme song by Johnny Horton and another song by Fabian himself . Overly slapstick at times , but great fun and enjoyable nonetheless . That's why it seems in retrospect an overlong fist fight , it certainly does have a long saloon brawl . Being loosely based on Laszlo Todor's play ¨The birthday gift¨. Along with the main actors here shows up stout support cast from a whole saloon-full of western character players and other important roles such as : Mickey Shaughnessy, Karl Swenson, John Qualen , Joe Sawyer , Pat Hogan, Stanley Adams and Kathleen Freeman.
In addition , rich colour cinematography by Leon Shamroy . Plus , moving and thrilling musical score by Lionel Newman and uncredited Cyril J. Mockridge . The motion picture was professionally directed by Henry Hathaway , including strong screen presence by John Wayne , both of whom collaborated in various Westerns , they included ¨Five Card Stud¨ , ¨The sons of Katie Elder¨, ¨North to Alaska¨ and Wayne's Academy Award-winning ¨True grit¨. Hathaway himself was only even nominated for an Oscar , but his movies themselves are testimony to his skills to heighten narrative tension and shoot action so exhilarating it made adrenalin run . Henry was a craftsman who had a long career from the 30s with successful films , and especially Westerns , as ¨Brigham Young¨ and ¨Raw Hide¨ . In his 60s Hathaway still got the vigour to make some fiery movies as ¨From Hell to Texas¨, ¨How the West was won¨, ¨Nevada Smith¨, and ¨Shoot out¨ . He was an expert on Western genre as he proved in ¨True grit , Five card stud , Nevada Smith ,How the West was won , Rawhide , Brigham Young , Buffalo Stampede, Garden of evil¨ and of course ¨North to Alaska¨. Rating : nice Western that will appeal to John Wayne fans.
A rumbustious comedy western with John Wayne and Stewart Granger as intimate partners along with the young Fabian in Gold Rush days . Packing a lot of loving mess in which Sam going to Seattle to bring George's fiancée back to Nome , Alaska , returning instead with Angel and after attempting to get George and Angel together, he ultimately falls for Angel . It contains action , shootouts , hilarious scenes , bar-room brawls , and a memorable theme song by Johnny Horton and another song by Fabian himself . Overly slapstick at times , but great fun and enjoyable nonetheless . That's why it seems in retrospect an overlong fist fight , it certainly does have a long saloon brawl . Being loosely based on Laszlo Todor's play ¨The birthday gift¨. Along with the main actors here shows up stout support cast from a whole saloon-full of western character players and other important roles such as : Mickey Shaughnessy, Karl Swenson, John Qualen , Joe Sawyer , Pat Hogan, Stanley Adams and Kathleen Freeman.
In addition , rich colour cinematography by Leon Shamroy . Plus , moving and thrilling musical score by Lionel Newman and uncredited Cyril J. Mockridge . The motion picture was professionally directed by Henry Hathaway , including strong screen presence by John Wayne , both of whom collaborated in various Westerns , they included ¨Five Card Stud¨ , ¨The sons of Katie Elder¨, ¨North to Alaska¨ and Wayne's Academy Award-winning ¨True grit¨. Hathaway himself was only even nominated for an Oscar , but his movies themselves are testimony to his skills to heighten narrative tension and shoot action so exhilarating it made adrenalin run . Henry was a craftsman who had a long career from the 30s with successful films , and especially Westerns , as ¨Brigham Young¨ and ¨Raw Hide¨ . In his 60s Hathaway still got the vigour to make some fiery movies as ¨From Hell to Texas¨, ¨How the West was won¨, ¨Nevada Smith¨, and ¨Shoot out¨ . He was an expert on Western genre as he proved in ¨True grit , Five card stud , Nevada Smith ,How the West was won , Rawhide , Brigham Young , Buffalo Stampede, Garden of evil¨ and of course ¨North to Alaska¨. Rating : nice Western that will appeal to John Wayne fans.