

143 minutes
1/2/1960
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon Zeb "Czar" Kennedy and rugged activist leader Thor Storm, two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry mirrored their powerful land's struggle for statehood.

Richard Burton
as Zeb Kennedy

Robert Ryan
as Thor Storm

Carolyn Jones
as Bridie Ballantyne

George Takei
as Wang

Diane McBain
as Christine Storm

Martha Hyer
as Dorothy Wendt Kennedy

Jim Backus
as Dave Husack

Shirley Knight
as Grace Kennedy

Sheila Bromley
as Lucy Husack

Ray Danton
as Bay Husack

Karl Swenson
as Scotty Ballantyne

Barry Kelley
as Einer Wendt
Steve Harris
as Christopher Storm

Sheridan Comerate
as Ross Guildenstern

I. Stanford Jolley
as Mr. Lawson
Carol Nicholson
as Grace Kennedy (as a child)
Alan Roberts
as Christopher Storm (as a child)

Sam McDaniel
as George, the train porter
Dorcas Brower
as Thor's Eskimo wife
Norma French
as Muriel
Sal Ponti
as Jerry - Military Pilot

Franklyn Farnum
as Committee Member (uncredited)
Art Felix
as Legislature Meeting Spectator (uncredited)
Dorothy Partington
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sal Ponti
as Jerry - Military Pilot (uncredited)

Red West
as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Judd Holdren
as Muriel's Escort (uncredited)
Max Wagner
as Party Guest (uncredited)