
The Savage Innocents(1960)
An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.


“A True Story of an Artic Adventure.”
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.

Warren Oates
Billy

Timothy Bottoms
Daggett

Louis Gossett Jr.
Portagee
Joanasie Salamonie
Kangiak
Simonie Kopapik
Sarkak
Pilitak
Neevee
Sagiaktok
Shaman
Munamee Sako
Sowaiapik
Pitseolai Kili
Sowaiapik's Wife
Meetook Mallee
Ikuma
The White Dawn is a history, adventure, drama film released in 1974 exploring themes of canada, based on novel or book, culture clash, shipwreck, inuit, arctic polar circle region. Directed by Philip Kaufman, it stars Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, Louis Gossett Jr.. 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.
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