Gold in Alaska
Television series | |
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German title | Gold in Alaska |
Original title | The Alaskans |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 1959-1960 |
Production company |
Warner Bros. Television |
length | 60 minutes |
Episodes | 37 in 1 season |
genre | Western , adventure , drama |
Theme music | Gold Fever - Mack David and Jerry Livingston |
production |
William T. Orr , Barry Ingster , Harry Tatelman , Charles Trapnell |
music | Max Steiner |
First broadcast | October 4th, 1959 (USA) on ABC |
German-language first broadcast |
September 2, 1963 on ZDF |
occupation | |
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Gold in Alaska (Original title: The Alaskans ) is an American Western - adventure television series , which in 1959 and 1960 by Warner Bros. Television for the US channel ABC was produced.
action
Silky Harris and Reno McKee are adventurers from the small town of Skagway , Alaska , where they witnessed the gold rush of 1898. However, both are too convenient to partake in the arduous work of gold mining. Therefore, the two decide to cheat the gold diggers, but they hardly use force . Her allies are the saloon owner Nifty Cronin and the local singer Rocky Shaw.
characters
- Silky Harris
- Silky is an adventurer from Skagway, Alaska and good friends with Reno McKee. He abhorred violence during the raids.
- Reno McKee
- Reno is also a Skagway adventurer and friends with Silky Harris. He is rather lazy and refuses to use force.
- Nifty Cronin
- Nifty owns a saloon in Skagway where singer Rocky Shaw also works. He is open to violence and alcohol.
- Rocky Shaw
- Rocky works as a singer in Nifty Cronin's saloon and is friends with Silky and Reno.
Guest appearances
Numerous other Warner Brothers contract actors have also appeared in Gold in Alaska , including Claude Akins , Andrea King and Ruta Lee .
background
- The series was filmed on Stage 24 of Warner Brothers' Burbank Studios in Burbank , California .
- Leading actor Roger Moore later commented rather negatively about the production.
- In Germany, Gold in Alaska was shown in 12 half-hour episodes in 1963 on ZDF on Mondays .
Web links
- Gold in Alaska in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gold in Alaska on Fernsehserien.de
- Gold in Alaska in the Kabel Eins series dictionary