Edward Bernds was more known for his westerns and science fictions movies than the rest. It is cheap, fast done, forgettable but pleasant to watch. This one is the perfect example, there were dozens of them in the thirties, forties and fifties, less in the sixties though, replaced by counter culture, hippies, drug addicts and Wild Angels topics. This story seems to be a copycat of many forties movies; remember Andy Devine's features directed by the likes of Christie Cabanne or William Witney. But those ones were more comedy, less serious than this one. This very movie seems to be a tribute to this lost genre: adventure B movies, but with a bit touch of Fritz' Lang's HUMAN DESIRE. Do not confound it with ALASKA SEAS though, a Jerry Hopper's film far better than this one.
Review of Alaska Passage
