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The Alaskans

The Alaskans
★ 6.7/10•1959•1h 0m•Western•Drama
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Their game was Klondike gold -but others could do the digging

The Alaskans is a 1959-1960 ABC/Warner Brothers western television series set during the late 1890s in the port of Skagway, Alaska. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold Rush. Their plans are inevitably complicated by the presence of singer "Rocky Shaw", "an entertainer with a taste for the finer things in life". The show was the first regular work on American television for the British actor Roger Moore.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 4, 1959

Episodes

Episode 1 - Gold SledE160m

Gold Sled

Silky Harris and Reno McKee are preparing to travel to the Klondike in search of gold. Entertainer Rocky Shaw, intrigued by a weird tale of gold buried in the snow, is eager to take the trip with the two men.

Oct 4, 1959

Episode 2 - Cheating CheatersE260m

Cheating Cheaters

Skagway saloon owner Nifty Cronin agrees to ship gold dust to the States for Silky Harris, Reno McKee and a number of other miners. En route the boat mysteriously sinks. When Silky threatens to investigate, Cronin admits that the gold was never placed on board.

Oct 11, 1959

Episode 3 - The Devil Made FiveE360m

The Devil Made Five

Reno takes a dangerous job carrying a load of dynamite but along the way, picks up a few strangers.

Oct 18, 1959

Episode 4 - The Petticoat CrewE460m

The Petticoat Crew

Silky Harris dreams of a financial coup when he decides to ship a boatload of dancing girls and Thanksgiving turkeys from Seattle to Dawson. En route, Silky is surprised to encounter con man Nifty Cronin.

Oct 25, 1959

Episode 5 - Starvation StampedeE560m

Starvation Stampede

A supply ship is trapped in an early freeze on its way to an isolated mining town. the greedy town storekeeper takes advantage of this mishap, forcing the miners to pay exorbitant prices for food and supplies.

Nov 1, 1959

Episode 6 - Big DealE660m

Big Deal

Silky Harris and Reno McKee find a lost legal document and try to locate the owner. they stumble on a swindle scheme.

Nov 8, 1959

Episode 7 - Contest at Gold BottomE760m

Contest at Gold Bottom

Nifty Cronin threatens to foreclose a mortgage on Silky and Reno's mining property unless they can meet their next payment. Meanwhile, a baby is abandoned on their doorstep and, to raise the money, they decide to have a ""Name the Baby"" contest.

Nov 15, 1959

Episode 8 - Winter SongE860m

Winter Song

Silky, Reno and Rocky plan to stage a concert with opera star Maria Julien. Arriving in Eagle City to perform before a packed house, Miss Julien suddenly loses her voice.

Nov 22, 1959

Episode 9 - The Golden FleeceE960m

The Golden Fleece

Four men assault Silky Harris' partner Reno McKee and then purchase an apparently worthless gold mine.

Nov 29, 1959

Episode 10 - Doc BookerE1060m

Doc Booker

Doc Booker and his new bride act to stop a typhoid epidemic. Then a woman tells the citizens that Booker isn't a real doctor.

Dec 6, 1959

Episode 11 - The Abominable SnowmanE1160m

The Abominable Snowman

A miner dies after being attacked by a weird monster. It is decided that the dead man's gold mine will go to the winner of a race between Silky Harris and another miner named Otto.

Dec 13, 1959

Episode 12 - Remember the MaineE1260m

Remember the Maine

A con man named Soapy suddenly gets patriotic and organizes a special Skagway Guard to march off to the Spanish-American War. Silky Harris is suspicious of Soapy's motives.

Dec 20, 1959

Episode 13 - Million Dollar KidE1360m

Million Dollar Kid

Reno McKee and Rocky Shaw encounter a young Indian named Kat who wants to go to the United States. The youth decides to trade some shares in a gold mine for the supplies he needs.

Jan 3, 1960

Episode 14 - The Trial of Reno McKeeE1460m

The Trial of Reno McKee

Reno McKee is held for murder, although Silky Harris and Rocky Shaw know that someone else is responsible for the crime. The only way to keep Reno from hanging is to sober up a lawyer who can legally prove McKee's innocence.

Jan 10, 1960

Episode 15 - Gold FeverE1560m

Gold Fever

Reno McKee's younger brother Danny comes to Skagway with his new bride. Reno wishes them will and offers a mine partnership to Danny, but the young man and his wife decide to strike out alone in the gold fields.

Jan 17, 1960

Episode 16 - The ChallengeE1660m

The Challenge

The town is threatened by an impending avalanche, and Silky Harris volunteers to climb a mountain and set off some blasts which will divert the snow slide. As time runs short, Silky learns that a killer is trying to get rid of him and doom the town.

Jan 24, 1960

Episode 17 - The Long PursuitE1760m

The Long Pursuit

Chicago detective Ed Bundy has traced a suspected murderess to an Alaskan village. On the trail to the town, Bundy saves Reno McKee's life, and the two men join forces to look for the girl.

Jan 31, 1960

Episode 18 - Spring FeverE1860m

Spring Fever

Furious because Silky's taking her for granted, Rocky casts about for someone else to encourage. She comes up with a gentleman named Gordon Talbot, who is secretly after a gold claim that should be Rockys.

Feb 7, 1960

Episode 19 - Black SandE1960m

Black Sand

Reno strikes out with Dan and Nora Weber to locate a lost gold mine. Along the trail, two other men join the group, and Reno becomes suspicious of Nora's behavior.

Feb 14, 1960

Episode 20 - The Seal Skin-GameE2060m

The Seal Skin-Game

Silky, Reno and Rocky are conned into buying a bankrupt seal raising business. Silky begins to sound like a con man himself when he tries to save the situation by promising some miners a huge return if they will take the business off his hands.

Feb 21, 1960

Episode 21 - Peril at Caribou CrossingE2160m

Peril at Caribou Crossing

Weather drives Silky to shelter at an isolated cabin. He sees that his arrival has complicated a family quarrel, but before anything comes of it, two outlaws barge in bringing bigger trouble.

Feb 28, 1960

Episode 22 - Behind The MoonE2260m

Behind The Moon

No sooner has a gold prospector made plans to marry an Indian girl than his backers plot to chase the Indians off the tribal land. It seems that gold has been discovered there.

Mar 6, 1960

Episode 23 - PartnersE2360m

Partners

Rocky and Reno tell young Jimmy Hendricks that his father died a hero. But the lad overhears the less heroic truth about his father, and disappears.

Mar 13, 1960

Episode 24 - Disaster At Gold HillE2460m

Disaster At Gold Hill

Silky becomes involved in an explosive romantic triangle.

Mar 20, 1960

Episode 25 - The Last BulletE2560m

The Last Bullet

Silky rescues a man from a pack of wolves and takes him to a trail house occupied by a pack of human wolves.

Mar 27, 1960

Episode 26 - A Barrel Of GoldE2660m

A Barrel Of Gold

A prospecting party started out to find gold, but death makes a strike and the only survivors report they were poisoned with spoiled meat.

Apr 3, 1960

Episode 27 - The Bride Wore BlackE2760m

The Bride Wore Black

Cass Wilson uses Silky's picture to win a mail-order bride. There is trouble when the girl arrives.

Apr 10, 1960

Episode 28 - Odd Man HangsE2860m

Odd Man Hangs

Silky is one of the players in a strange game. He and two other men are jailed on a murder charge. Everyone is certain that one of them is a killer.

Apr 17, 1960

Episode 29 - CounterblowE2960m

Counterblow

The Skookum Sentinel newspaper is handed over to Silky in payment of a debt. He finds himself with a ready-made crusade when his partner is killed by mobsters.

Apr 24, 1960

Episode 30 - Heart Of GoldE3060m

Heart Of Gold

Pierre Duran is transporting thousands of dollars worth of the miners' gold dust to Yukon City. On the way, he is hijacked and left for dead.

May 1, 1960

Episode 31 - Kangaroo CourtE3160m

Kangaroo Court

Traveling alone in barren and isolated country, Silky comes upon a girl entertainer and her male companion. They ask for a lift to a new gold-rush town.

May 8, 1960

Episode 32 - The Silent LandE3260m

The Silent Land

Loading supplies for a remote outpost, Pierre Duran meets a Mountie who is trailing a pair of fugitives. Later, traveling deep into the Arctic wilderness, Pierre encounters the Mountie again--this time marooned in the snow.

May 15, 1960

Episode 33 - CalicoE3360m

Calico

Silky Harris wins a half share in a gold mine. But there is a catch. His claim is forfeit unless he works it one day a week--and his partner vanishes without revealing the mine's location.

May 22, 1960

Episode 34 - Sign Of The KodiakE3460m

Sign Of The Kodiak

Traveling in mountain country, Pierre Duran narrowly escapes death from a hunter's bullet. The marksman seems obsessed with killing Big Mike, an elusive Kodiak bear.

May 29, 1960

Episode 35 - White VengeanceE3560m

White Vengeance

Silky Harris heads for old Gil Hawkins' mountain cabin to tell him his son has made a gold strike. But before Silky can identify himself, the old man almost shoots him with a rifle.

Jun 5, 1960

Episode 36 - The Ballad Of WhitehorseE3660m

The Ballad Of Whitehorse

The Whitehorse saloon is decked out for a wedding. Robert Howard III, a drunken poet with six months to live, is marrying Yukon Kate, the queen of the dance hall girls. They ask Silky Harris to be best man.

Jun 12, 1960

Actors

Roger Moore

Roger Moore

Silky Harris

Dorothy Provine

Dorothy Provine

Jeff York

Jeff York

Ray Danton

Ray Danton

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