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Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
6.0 / 10• 1983• 1h 40m•NR• English
HistoryAdventureDramaTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Richard Chamberlain
Frederick Cook
Lead
Rod Steiger
Robert E. Peary
Diane Venora
Marie Fidele Hunt
Michael Gross
James Troth
Samm-Art Williams
Matt Henson
Louis Negin
Maitre D'
Walter Massey
Theodore Roosevelt
Donald Li
Etuk
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Day's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
