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The Alaskans

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

★6.7 1959 – 1960 1 Season TV-MA

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.

Seasons & episodes

1 season · 36 episodes

Gold Sled

Episode 01

Gold Sled

Oct 4, 1959 · 60 min

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.

Cheating Cheaters

Episode 02

Cheating Cheaters

Oct 11, 1959 · 60 min

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.

The Devil Made Five

Episode 03

The Devil Made Five

Oct 18, 1959 · 60 min

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

The Petticoat Crew

Episode 04

The Petticoat Crew

Oct 25, 1959 · 60 min

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.

Starvation Stampede

Episode 05

Starvation Stampede

Nov 1, 1959 · 60 min

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.

Big Deal

Episode 06

Big Deal

Nov 8, 1959 · 60 min

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

Contest at Gold Bottom

Episode 07

Contest at Gold Bottom

Nov 15, 1959 · 60 min

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.

Winter Song

Episode 08

Winter Song

Nov 22, 1959 · 60 min

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.

The Golden Fleece

Episode 09

The Golden Fleece

Nov 29, 1959 · 60 min

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

Doc Booker

Episode 10

Doc Booker

Dec 6, 1959 · 60 min

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.

The Abominable Snowman

Episode 11

The Abominable Snowman

Dec 13, 1959 · 60 min

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.

Remember the Maine

Episode 12

Remember the Maine

Dec 20, 1959 · 60 min

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.

Million Dollar Kid

Episode 13

Million Dollar Kid

Jan 3, 1960 · 60 min

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.

The Trial of Reno McKee

Episode 14

The Trial of Reno McKee

Jan 10, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Gold Fever

Episode 15

Gold Fever

Jan 17, 1960 · 60 min

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.

The Challenge

Episode 16

The Challenge

Jan 24, 1960 · 60 min

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.

The Long Pursuit

Episode 17

The Long Pursuit

Jan 31, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Spring Fever

Episode 18

Spring Fever

Feb 7, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Black Sand

Episode 19

Black Sand

Feb 14, 1960 · 60 min

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.

The Seal Skin-Game

Episode 20

The Seal Skin-Game

Feb 21, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Peril at Caribou Crossing

Episode 21

Peril at Caribou Crossing

Feb 28, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Behind The Moon

Episode 22

Behind The Moon

Mar 6, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Partners

Episode 23

Partners

Mar 13, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Disaster At Gold Hill

Episode 24

Disaster At Gold Hill

Mar 20, 1960 · 60 min

Silky becomes involved in an explosive romantic triangle.

The Last Bullet

Episode 25

The Last Bullet

Mar 27, 1960 · 60 min

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

A Barrel Of Gold

Episode 26

A Barrel Of Gold

Apr 3, 1960 · 60 min

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

The Bride Wore Black

Episode 27

The Bride Wore Black

Apr 10, 1960 · 60 min

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

Odd Man Hangs

Episode 28

Odd Man Hangs

Apr 17, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Counterblow

Episode 29

Counterblow

Apr 24, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Heart Of Gold

Episode 30

Heart Of Gold

May 1, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Kangaroo Court

Episode 31

Kangaroo Court

May 8, 1960 · 60 min

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.

The Silent Land

Episode 32

The Silent Land

May 15, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Calico

Episode 33

Calico

May 22, 1960 · 60 min

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.

Sign Of The Kodiak

Episode 34

Sign Of The Kodiak

May 29, 1960 · 60 min

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.

White Vengeance

Episode 35

White Vengeance

Jun 5, 1960 · 60 min

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.

The Ballad Of Whitehorse

Episode 36

The Ballad Of Whitehorse

Jun 12, 1960 · 60 min

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.

About the series

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Audience score
★ 6.7 /10

based on 3 votes

Synopsis

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.

WesternDrama

Cast

4 principal cast

Roger Moore

Roger Moore

Silky Harris

Dorothy Provine

Dorothy Provine

Jeff York

Jeff York

Ray Danton

Ray Danton

Where to watch The Alaskans

The Alaskans is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The western has 1 season and 36 total episodes, rated 6.7/10 by 3 viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does The Alaskans have?

The Alaskans has 1 season with 36 episodes in total.

Is The Alaskans still on the air?

The Alaskans has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs The Alaskans?

The Alaskans airs on ABC.

When did The Alaskans first air?

The Alaskans first aired on October 4, 1959.

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