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The White Dawn

1974, Movie, PG, 109 mins

The White Dawn: Review

Three whalers--Oates, Bottoms, and Gossett--become stranded in the Arctic and take refuge with a tribe of Eskimos. They gradually take over the village, introducing liquor, gambling, thievery, and their style of sex to this isolated civilization. The natives tolerate this behavior at first, but gradually resentment grows until the cultural clash becomes intolerable. The leads are very strong, particularly Oates as the meanest of the trio. The portrait of Eskimo life in the 1... read more leave a comment