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The Viking

03/05/1931

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1hr 10min

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Action

,Drama

,Romance

,Adventure

Actually produced during the Great Newfoundland Seal Hunt and You see the REAL thing

STORY

Originally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell's 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle. Set in a beautifully black-and-white filmed Newfoundland, it is the story of a rivalry between two seal hunters that plays out on the ice floes during a hunt. Unsatisfied with the first cut, Frissell arranged for the crew to accompany an actual Newfoundland seal hunt on The SS Viking, on which an explosion of dynamite (carried regularly at the time on Arctic ships to combat ice jams) killed many members of the crew, including Frissell. The film was renamed in honor of the dead.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Charles Starrett
  • Louise Huntington
  • Arthur Vinton
  • Bob Bartlett
  • Wilfred Grenfell

    Directors

  • Varick Frissell
  • George Melford

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

    Production Countries

  • Canada
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Charles Starrett

Luke Oarum

Louise Huntington

Mary Joe

Arthur Vinton

Jed Nelson

Bob Bartlett

Captain Barker (as Captain Bob Bartlett)

Wilfred Grenfell

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