The Alaskans

Gold in Alaska ( Original title: The Alaskans ) is an American Western - adventure television series that was produced in the years 1959 and 1960 by Warner Bros. Television for the U.S. broadcaster ABC.

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Silky Harris and Reno McKee are adventurers from the small town of Skagway in Alaska, where they experience the gold rush of 1898. Both, however, can not be bothered to take part in the laborious work of gold mining. Therefore, the two decide to hit the gold rush over the ear, but they hardly turn to violence. Your allies are the saloon owner Nifty Cronin and the local singer Rocky Shaw.

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Guest appearances

In gold in Alaska, many other Warner Brothers contract players appeared, among others Claude Akins, Andrea King and Ruta Lee.

Background

• The series was filmed in Stage 24 of the Burbank studios of Warner Brothers in Burbank, California.
• Lead actor Roger Moore commented later rather negative about the production.
• In Germany Gold in Alaska was shown in Figure 12 half-hour episodes in 1963 Mondays in the ZDF.