The Alaska Highway, running from southern Canada to Alaska, is a rough gravel road but pretty well maintained, considering the burden placed on it by the climate. One of it most impressive features -- aside from the vistas and the woodland lakes -- is the horde of mosquitoes that rise in clouds from the muskeg whenever you get anywhere near it.
The story initially focuses on the very Irish Robert Homans investigating a crime syndicate where the criminals always seem to get away with their evil deeds. He becomes a one-man task force against the rackets, resulting in a horrific death and awakening his son (Gordon Jones) to the need to become a cop to continue where his father left off.
When I saw that this film was made by PRC, I realized it would NOT be a work of art! To put it mildly, PRC was a super-low budget company that mostly made terrible films.
First: I would never call this a film noir. It's a lackluster movie about police officers and criminals.
Producer's Releasing Corporation had a reputation for turning out lackluster product with their movies. But this first PRC film was not all that bad.
