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The Girl from Alaska (1942)

The Girl from Alaska poster
Directed by
Nick Grinde
Genre
western
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man hoping to strike it rich plans to swindle an old prospector. He changes his ways after he falls for the prospector's daughter.

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What happens

The Girl from Alaska is a 1942 American Western film directed by Nick Grinde and William Witney and starring Ray Middleton, Jean Parker and Jerome Cowan. It follows a would-be prospector who becomes involved in a plot to steal from old prospector, but falls in love with his daughter instead. The film's sets were designed by the art director Russell Kimball. It had its theatrical releases first in USA, then Mexico and Portugal in 1942, 1943 and 1944 respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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