History ·Adventure ·Drama · Canada · 1974 · 1h 50m

The White Dawn

Director

Cast

Warren Oates as Billy Timothy Bottoms as Daggett Louis Gossett Jr. as Portagee Joanasie Salamonie as Kangiak Simonie Kopapik as Sarkak Pilitak as Neevee

Crew

Michael Chapman — Director of Photography Douglas Day Stewart — Editor Henry Mancini — Original Music Composer James Houston — Screenplay Thomas Rickman — Screenplay James Houston — Novel

Tagline

A True Story of an Artic Adventure.

Synopsis

In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving.

Mood & Themes

canada based on novel or book culture clash shipwreck inuit arctic polar circle region whaler 19th century eskimo

Key Collaborators

Philip Kaufman Director Michael Chapman Director of Photography Douglas Day Stewart Editor Henry Mancini Original Music Composer James Houston Screenplay Thomas Rickman Screenplay James Houston Novel Martin Ransohoff Producer

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