Trivia / North to Alaska

• Enforced Method Acting: Years after the production was first shown in public, the producers of the film admitted that, in the scene where Capucine is trying to laugh, she was actually tickled on her feet and that her laughs and pleas for mercy were entirely genuine.
• Scully Box: Capucine said that John Wayne wore lifts in the film.
• What Could Have Been: At one point, this was envisaged as a re-teaming for John Wayne and Dean Martin after their huge success with Rio Bravo, and with Howard Hawks back to direct.