The Grip of the Yukon is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Ernst Laemmle, the nephew of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle. The film starred Francis X. Bushman and Neil Hamilton, and is based on a story by William MacLeod Raine, "The Yukon Trail, A Tale of the North".

Plot

An old-time Alaskan miner dies and leaves his fortune and holdings to his daughter in the states. She comes north and is befriended by two old friends of her father. And she needs all the befriending they can provide as a true-blue villain has designs on her holdings and attributes.

The Grip of the Yukon

Cast

Francis X. Bushman - Colby MacDonald

Neil Hamilton - Jack Elliott

June Marlowe - Sheila O'Neil

Otis Harlan - Farrell O'Neil

Burr McIntosh - Chardon, hotelkeeper

James Farley - Sheriff

Preservation status

The Grip of the Yukon is now presumed lost. However, a 16mm print of the film may exist.

The Grip of the Yukon

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1928 films

1928 Western (genre) films

1920s adventure drama films

American adventure drama films

American black-and-white films

Films based on short fiction

Films set in Yukon

Universal Pictures films

Films directed by Ernst Laemmle

Lost American Western (genre) films

1928 lost films

1928 drama films

Silent American Western (genre) films

1920s American films

Silent adventure drama films

Silent American drama films

1920s English-language films

English-language adventure drama films

English-language Western (genre) films

The Grip of the Yukon