The White Dawn (1974)
1h 50m
Running Time
July 21, 1974Release Date
The White Dawn (1974)
1h 50m
Running Time
July 21, 1974Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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 & Crew.
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
Seemee Nookiguak
Avinga
Meetook Mallee
Ikuma
Philip Kaufman
Director
Sakkeassie
Dirty Boy
Akshooyooliak
Old Mother
James Houston
Writer
James Houston
Writer
Nilak Butler
Pance
Thomas Rickman
Writer
Oolipika Joamie
Mia
Martin Ransohoff
Writer
Higa Ipeelie
Evaloo
Henry Mancini
Composer
Jacob Partridge
Archer
Ashoona Kilabuck
Shartok
Michael Chapman
Cinematographer
Namonai Ashoona
Nowya
Douglas Stewart
Editor
Caro Jones
CastingDirector
Aupalotak Simonee
Hunter
Atcheelak
Hunter
Don Carmody
Location Manager
Don Guest
Associate Producer
Douglas Day Stewart
Editor
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Double
Chuck Waters
Stunts
James J. Klinger
Sound Effects Editor
Harvey Stambler
Assistant Editor
Mickey Gilbert
Stunts
Pete Horner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Kenneth Post
Camera Operator
Richard Lightstone
Sound Mixer
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts
Tim Griffith
Lighting Director
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Tony Lucibello
Second Assistant Director
Richard Washington
Stunts
Marcel Carpenter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jon Anderson
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 21, 1974
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Content RatingR
Genres
Wiki.
The White Dawn is a 1974 Canadian-American drama film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, and Louis Gossett Jr. It portrays the conflict between aboriginal peoples' traditional way of life and Europeans' eagerness to take advantage of them. The film employs authentic Inuit language dialogue. It is based on the 1971 novel The White Dawn: An Eskimo Saga by James Archibald Houston, who co-wrote the screenplay.