During the Alaska Gold Rush, the miners battle each other and the frozen north. With the coming of authority in the form of the Army, unscrupulous James Caan, owner of multiple claims, sees his authority challenged.
It's based on a Heck Allen novel -- best known to film lovers as the writer of many of Tex Avery's best cartoons; he also wrote many a western -- and has the usual Gold Rush stories that have been a standard for the movies since early silent days. Because of the nationality of the production, the location shots are in Norway, and the sequence in which a man scales an ice-covered cliff with just a knife is striking. Otherwise, alas, it has little to say that has not already been said many times. With Burt Young, Christopher Lambert, and Catherine McCormick.
It's based on a Heck Allen novel -- best known to film lovers as the writer of many of Tex Avery's best cartoons; he also wrote many a western -- and has the usual Gold Rush stories that have been a standard for the movies since early silent days. Because of the nationality of the production, the location shots are in Norway, and the sequence in which a man scales an ice-covered cliff with just a knife is striking. Otherwise, alas, it has little to say that has not already been said many times. With Burt Young, Christopher Lambert, and Catherine McCormick.