Series
The Alaskans
“Their game was Klondike gold -but others could do the digging”
WesternDrama
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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Seasons & episodes
1Gold Sled4 Oct 1959 · 60mSilky 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.
2Cheating Cheaters11 Oct 1959 · 60mSkagway 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.
3The Devil Made Five18 Oct 1959 · 60mReno takes a dangerous job carrying a load of dynamite but along the way, picks up a few strangers.
4The Petticoat Crew25 Oct 1959 · 60mSilky 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.
5Starvation Stampede1 Nov 1959 · 60m · ★ 8.0A 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.
6Big Deal8 Nov 1959 · 60mSilky Harris and Reno McKee find a lost legal document and try to locate the owner. they stumble on a swindle scheme.
7Contest at Gold Bottom15 Nov 1959 · 60mNifty 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.
8Winter Song22 Nov 1959 · 60mSilky, 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.
9The Golden Fleece29 Nov 1959 · 60mFour men assault Silky Harris' partner Reno McKee and then purchase an apparently worthless gold mine.
10Doc Booker6 Dec 1959 · 60mDoc Booker and his new bride act to stop a typhoid epidemic. Then a woman tells the citizens that Booker isn't a real doctor.
11The Abominable Snowman13 Dec 1959 · 60mA 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.
12Remember the Maine20 Dec 1959 · 60mA 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.
13Million Dollar Kid3 Jan 1960 · 60mReno 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.
14The Trial of Reno McKee10 Jan 1960 · 60mReno 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.
15Gold Fever17 Jan 1960 · 60mReno 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.
16The Challenge24 Jan 1960 · 60mThe 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.
17The Long Pursuit31 Jan 1960 · 60mChicago 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.
18Spring Fever7 Feb 1960 · 60mFurious 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.
19Black Sand14 Feb 1960 · 60mReno 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.
20The Seal Skin-Game21 Feb 1960 · 60mSilky, 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.
21Peril at Caribou Crossing28 Feb 1960 · 60mWeather 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.
22Behind The Moon6 Mar 1960 · 60mNo 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.
23Partners13 Mar 1960 · 60mRocky 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.
24Disaster At Gold Hill20 Mar 1960 · 60mSilky becomes involved in an explosive romantic triangle.
25The Last Bullet27 Mar 1960 · 60mSilky rescues a man from a pack of wolves and takes him to a trail house occupied by a pack of human wolves.
26A Barrel Of Gold3 Apr 1960 · 60mA prospecting party started out to find gold, but death makes a strike and the only survivors report they were poisoned with spoiled meat.
27The Bride Wore Black10 Apr 1960 · 60mCass Wilson uses Silky's picture to win a mail-order bride. There is trouble when the girl arrives.
28Odd Man Hangs17 Apr 1960 · 60mSilky 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.
29Counterblow24 Apr 1960 · 60mThe 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.
30Heart Of Gold1 May 1960 · 60mPierre 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.
31Kangaroo Court8 May 1960 · 60mTraveling 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.
32The Silent Land15 May 1960 · 60mLoading 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.
33Calico22 May 1960 · 60mSilky 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.
34Sign Of The Kodiak29 May 1960 · 60mTraveling 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.
35White Vengeance5 Jun 1960 · 60mSilky 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.
36The Ballad Of Whitehorse12 Jun 1960 · 60mThe 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.
Details
- First aired
- 4 Oct 1959
- Last aired
- 12 Jun 1960
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ABC
- Episodes
- 36
- Votes
- 3 on TMDB
Cast
Roger MooreSilky Harris
Dorothy Provine
Jeff York
Ray Danton
