Headin' for God's Country

Aug 26, 1943

1h 18m

★ 0.0

ROMANTIC ACTION DRAMA OF ALASKAN OUTPOSTS

Overview

In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. The story turns out to be true when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The town then rises up and slaughters a Japanese raiding party.

Genres

Action

Drama

War

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Michael Banyan

William Lundigan

Laurie Lane

Virginia Dale

Clem Adams

Harry Davenport

Albert Ness

Harry Shannon

District Commissioner

Addison Richards

Hilary Higgins

John F. Hamilton

Hugo Higgins

Eddie Acuff

Jim Talbot

Wade Crosby

Jeff

Skelton Knaggs

Nickolai

John Bleifer

Hank

Eddy Waller

Willie Soba

Charles Lung

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