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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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- E1 Gold SledNext upOct 4, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky 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.
Guest stars: Allyn Joslyn, Hank Patterson
- E2 Cheating CheatersOct 11, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: Frank Ferguson, Louis Quinn
- E3 The Devil Made FiveOct 18, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Reno takes a dangerous job carrying a load of dynamite but along the way, picks up a few strangers.
Guest stars: Paul Wexler, Andrea King, Emory Parnell, Walter Burke, John Dehner
- E4 The Petticoat CrewOct 25, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky 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.
- E5 Starvation StampedeNov 1, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
A 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.
Guest stars: James Westerfield, John Qualen, Allison Hayes
- E6 Big DealNov 8, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky Harris and Reno McKee find a lost legal document and try to locate the owner. they stumble on a swindle scheme.
- E7 Contest at Gold BottomNov 15, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Nifty 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.
Guest stars: Archie Duncan, George Dunn, Eddie Quillan, Patrick Westwood
- E8 Winter SongNov 22, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky, 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.
Guest stars: George D. Wallace, Jerome Cowan, Marie Windsor, Alan Baxter, Mickey Simpson
- E9 The Golden FleeceNov 29, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Four men assault Silky Harris' partner Reno McKee and then purchase an apparently worthless gold mine.
Guest stars: Beatrice Kay
- E10 Doc BookerDec 6, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Doc Booker and his new bride act to stop a typhoid epidemic. Then a woman tells the citizens that Booker isn't a real doctor.
Guest stars: Julie Adams, Simon Oakland
- E11 The Abominable SnowmanDec 13, 1959 · 60 min
- E12 Remember the MaineDec 20, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
A 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.
- E13 Million Dollar KidJan 3, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Reno 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.
Guest stars: Bart Braverman, Mort Mills
- E14 The Trial of Reno McKeeJan 10, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Reno 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.
Guest stars: Karen Steele, Bing Russell, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
- E15 Gold FeverJan 17, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Reno 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.
Guest stars: Werner Klemperer, Gerald Mohr
- E16 The ChallengeJan 24, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The 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.
Guest stars: Don Beddoe, Don Dubbins, Robert Colbert, John Hoyt
- E17 The Long PursuitJan 31, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Chicago 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.
Guest stars: Ruta Lee, Mike Road, Rusty Lane
- E18 Spring FeverFeb 7, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Furious 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.
Guest stars: Rex Reason
- E19 Black SandFeb 14, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Reno 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.
Guest stars: Karen Steele, Richard Reeves, Tom Drake
- E20 The Seal Skin-GameFeb 21, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky, 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.
Guest stars: Dick Sargent, Peter Whitney, Robert B. Williams, Frank De Kova
- E21 Peril at Caribou CrossingFeb 28, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Weather 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.
Guest stars: Fay Spain, Vladimir Sokoloff, Jerry Paris, Steve Brodie, Lee Van Cleef
- E22 Behind The MoonMar 6, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
No 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.
Guest stars: Lee Patterson, Michael Forest, Diane McBain, Andra Martin
- E23 PartnersMar 13, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Rocky 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.
Guest stars: Warren Stevens
- E24 Disaster At Gold HillMar 20, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky becomes involved in an explosive romantic triangle.
Guest stars: Rex Reason, Mike Road, Madlyn Rhue, Gilman Rankin
- E25 The Last BulletMar 27, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky rescues a man from a pack of wolves and takes him to a trail house occupied by a pack of human wolves.
Guest stars: Gary Vinson, Frank Cady, Andra Martin
- E26 A Barrel Of GoldApr 3, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A prospecting party started out to find gold, but death makes a strike and the only survivors report they were poisoned with spoiled meat.
Guest stars: Ed Kemmer, Michael Forest, Hal Baylor
- E27 The Bride Wore BlackApr 10, 1960 · 60 min
- E28 Odd Man HangsApr 17, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky 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.
Guest stars: Valerie French, Michael Forest, Myron Healey
- E29 CounterblowApr 24, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The 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.
Guest stars: Robert McQueeney, Karen Steele, Horace McMahon
- E30 Heart Of GoldMay 1, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Pierre 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.
Guest stars: Frank Ferguson, Gary Vinson, Troy Donahue, Michael Forest, Emory Parnell, Paul Birch, Bernard Fein, Charles Stevens
- E31 Kangaroo CourtMay 8, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Traveling 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.
Guest stars: Larry Pennell, Walter Burke
- E32 The Silent LandMay 15, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Loading 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.
Guest stars: Michael Forest, Arthur Franz, Claude Akins, Leonard Strong
- E33 CalicoMay 22, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky 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.
Guest stars: Richard Webb, Rex Reason, Tristram Coffin, Leo Gordon, Myrna Fahey
- E34 Sign Of The KodiakMay 29, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Traveling 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.
Guest stars: Lee Patterson, Pippa Scott, Michael Forest, Leonid Kinskey, Robert Armstrong
- E35 White VengeanceJun 5, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Silky 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.
Guest stars: Peter Whitney, Robert Colbert, Pat Renella, Andra Martin
- E36 The Ballad Of WhitehorseJun 12, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The 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.
Guest stars: Rex Reason, Sandra Edwards, Ted White, Jack Shea (Green)
Cast & crew
Roger Moore
Dorothy Provine
Jeff York
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