Arctic Flight

1952
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1h 18m

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Lola Albright and Wayne Morris in Arctic Flight (1952)

Mike Wien, an Alaskan bush pilot operating the the Bering Sea area, makes friends with John W. Wetherby, posing as a wealthy American businessman. But, in reality, he is a Russian spy on his... Read allMike Wien, an Alaskan bush pilot operating the the Bering Sea area, makes friends with John W. Wetherby, posing as a wealthy American businessman. But, in reality, he is a Russian spy on his way to Siberia carrying microfilms of U.S. defense installations.Mike Wien, an Alaskan bush pilot operating the the Bering Sea area, makes friends with John W. Wetherby, posing as a wealthy American businessman. But, in reality, he is a Russian spy on his way to Siberia carrying microfilms of U.S. defense installations.

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5.4/10

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The "Wien Alaska Airlines" seen in the film was a real company, founded by bush pilot Noel Wien in 1927. Beginning with small bush planes lie the Cessna 170 used in the film, the company expanded over several decades to include scheduled jet service between Alaskan cities including Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak, Juneau and Barrow. The Airline ceased operations in 1984.

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A Russian, or any spy, would not keep any identification of them as such with them.

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Referenced in Gilmore Girls: Teach Me Tonight (2002)

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5/10

The Cold War

Wayne Morris is a bush pilot up around where the US and the USSR are separated by the couple of miles between Little Diomede Island (the US) and Big Diomede Island (The USSR); from December until June the sea freezes and you can walk between the two. Morris explains all this to Lola Albright, the new schoolteacher on Little Diomede, and they wrangle a bit about his dislike of the Russians and other stuff. But enough of this movie courtship! He has a job flying Alan Hale Jr. Hale wants to shoot a polar bear for a rug.

It's not a great movie, but producer Lindsley Parsons flew the cast and crew up to Little Diomede for some location work. Most of the outdoors stuff has been covered by other movies, but there's some interesting byplay between the old-timers and the natives in a relaxed way. Director Lew Landers directs his performers in a low key fashion that works well.