The White Dawn
7.0
“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.
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Cast
21 people
Warren Oates
Billy
Known for
Badlands
In the Heat of the Night
Timothy Bottoms
Daggett
Known for
The Last Picture Show
The Girl Next Door
Louis Gossett Jr.
Portagee
Known for
Watchmen
Enemy Mine
Joanasie Salamonie
Kangiak
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Nanook Taxi
Simonie Kopapik
Sarkak
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Pilitak
Neevee
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Sagiaktok
Shaman
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Munamee Sako
Sowaiapik
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Pitseolai Kili
Sowaiapik's Wife
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Meetook Mallee
Ikuma
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Seemee Nookiguak
Avinga
Sakkeassie
Dirty Boy
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Philip Kaufman Director · James Houston Screenplay Thomas Rickman Screenplay
United States release July 21, 1974 · Produced in Canada, United States · Production American Film Properties, Filmways Pictures
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
American Film Properties
Production
Filmways Pictures
Production
Canada · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 21, 1974
Theatrical
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