Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

Overview

Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerning the "conquering" of the North Pole. Robert E. Peary (Rod Steiger), a US Navy commander and shameless self-promoter, sets out through Arctic wastes in 1909 to discover the Pole, an expedition that many others have attempted but failed to complete. His principal rival is Dr. Frederick A. Cook (Richard Chamberlain), who insists that he'd already reached the Pole in 1908. Though the experts (and the US Congress) conclude that Perry was first, public opinion is firmly in Cook's corner--as is this TV movie.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 13, 1983

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Canada, United States of America

Production

Robert Halmi,Halcyon Studios

Cast

Richard Chamberlain,Rod Steiger,Diane Venora,Michael Gross,Samm-Art Williams,Louis Negin,Walter Massey,Donald Li,Donald Pilon,Timothy Webberand 4 more

Director

Robert Day

Writer

I.C. Rapoport

Producer

Robert Halmi Sr.,Robert Halmi Jr.

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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