The Savage Wild
Cast & Crew
Gordon Eastman
Gordon Eastman
Carl Spore
Maria Eastman
Arlo Curtis
Jim Thibaobeau
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Synopsis
Nature photographer Gordon Eastman takes his family and a crew of filmmakers to northern Canada near the Arctic Circle to study the habits of timber wolves. The wolves, widely sought by bounty hunters, are among the vanishing species of animals in North America. Eastman and the crew capture three wolf cubs and raise them, eventually gaining the confidence and trust of the cubs. Red, a bounty hunter who shoots wolves from his airplane, loses control of his plane while trying to shoot one of Eastman's pet wolves and is killed. After the wolves are fully grown, Eastman sets them free. For a while, they hunt small game near the camp, but soon their instincts sharpen, and they kill a caribou. When they return to the camp area for the last time, they are completely wild and independent.
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Director
Gordon Eastman
Cast
Gordon Eastman
Carl Spore
Maria Eastman
Arlo Curtis
Jim Thibaobeau
Robert Wellington Kirk
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John Payne
Charles Abou
Alex Dennis
Charley Davis
Wilber O'brian
Yukon
Teton
Missy
Crew
Art Bothum
Tom Boutross
Felix Buckenroth Jr.
John Caper Jr.
Brad Eastman
Gordon Eastman
Gordon Eastman
Gordon Eastman
Gordon Eastman
Rod Eastman
Bruce Jacobson
Wes Marks
Jaime Mendoza-nava
Franklin Milton
Dale Ranniger
Earl E. Smith
Earl E. Smith
Sonic Editorial Service
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Film Details
Technical Specs
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Prerelease title: Wild Arctic.
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1970
Scope
Released in United States 1970