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The Alaskans

The Alaskans

Their game was Klondike gold -but others could do the digging

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Western

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Runtime

mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

24 November 2024

Country

Cast

Roger Moore

Roger Moore

Silky Harris

Dorothy Provine

Dorothy Provine

Jeff York

Jeff York

Ray Danton

Ray Danton

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