"North to Alaska" may be the cleanest "adult" comedy ever made. It does have a lot of big laughs but too often it tries too hard. It goes into slapstick mode way too much. The rest of it is funny but those slapstick moments are too broad and upset the rhythm of the movie. Another weakness of the movie is the casting. My mother loved Stewart Granger but he never did anything for me. Neither of my parents liked Ernie Kovacs and I can see why. I don't know much about this early tv comedy "genius" but he's not very good in this movie. On the plus side, Kathleen Freeman is terrific and Capucine is very pretty. "North to Alaska" is a great looking movie and has muddy streets. I always enjoy seeing a western with muddy streets.
Review of North to Alaska
