Directed by Clarence Brown
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Gold fever overtakes the nation after it is discovered in Alaska. Aspiring millionaires abandon their homes and families to head west for San Francisco, where steam ships are waiting to take them to the Klondike gold fields. On board, they gamble, drink and dance, oblivious to the cold fate which awaits them, but never wavering in their enthusiasm. In Alaska, their first task is to make an arduous over land journey to the mountains in the dead of winter. Many don't make it, but those that do find the gold rush has been over hyped, with few jobs and even fewer actually finding gold. Part adventure story, part melodrama, part disaster epic, with some impressive scenes of an avalanche and a fiery fistfight for the finale.
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