23 May 2006
Desperation
When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fight for their lives.
Alaska Highway
ACTION! DANGER! WITH THE U.S. ENGINEERS ON THE ALASKA HIGHWAY
Pop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska Highway connecting Alaska to Canada. The elder of his two sons, Woody Ormsby, decides he had rather fight with bullets than bulldozers but is assigned by the Army to work on the project. Woody and his younger brother Steve are both rivals for the affection of Ann Coswell, the daughter of road engineer Blair Caswell.
Top Billed Cast
Richard Arlen Woody Ormsby
Jean Parker Ann Coswell
Ralph Sanford Frosty Gimble
William Henry Steve Ormsby (as Bill Henry)
Joe Sawyer Roughhouse
Eddie Quillan Pompadour 'Shorty' Jones
Jack Wegman Sergeant Swithers
Harry Shannon John 'Pop' Ormsby
Edward Earle Blair Caswell
Keith Richards Hank Lincoln
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