The Alaskans - Season 1 - Eps 2: 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.
About The Alaskans
Title: The Alaskans
First Air Date: 1959-10-04
Last Air Date: 1960-06-19
Status: Ended
Rating: 5.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 37
Network: ABC
Genres: Western
Production Companies: Unknown
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.
Cast
Roger Moore
Silky Harris
Dorothy Provine
Jeff York
Ray Danton
