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Arctic Flight (Pacific Liner)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Welcome to western Alaska; where bush pilot Mike Wein (real-life flyboy Wayne Morris) operates a puddle jumper fIying passengers to remote locations - and where one false move traversing the dateline can bring you up cIose to the Red Menace; Russian sentries patrol the border that separates the U;S; side on LittIe Diomede Island from the Soviet-controlled Big Diomede territory - and Mike takes no chances when a schoolteacher (Lola AIbright) arrives to accept her new position and he opts to complete their journey over land via dogsled; That caution - and the ex-Army man's resourcefulness - wilI come in handy when his newest client; a boisterous businessman (future GiIIigan's lsland skipper Alan Hale; Jr;) on the hunt for poIar bears; reveaIs a more sinister intention; Directed by B-movie veteran Lew Landers (The Raven; The Magic Carpet); Arctic FIight was shot IargeIy on location and captures appealing footage of native Eskimos and a wiIderness territory both harsh and beautiful - to staIwart Americans and treacherous commies alike; |
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