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Release Date: 1960

Cast: Lee Montague, Carlo Giustini, Yoko Tani, Peter O'Toole, Kaida Horiuchi, Marie Yang, Anthony Quinn, Marco Guglielmi

Categories: Movies, Action, Film Adaptation, World Cinema, Adventure Drama, Crime Fiction, Adventure, Drama Film

The Savage Innocents is a 1960 film, adapted from the novel Top of the World by Swiss writer Hans Rüesch. The screenplay was mainly written by its director, Nicholas Ray, who shot the film in the Canadian Arctic (with interiors shot in Britain's Pinewood Studios and in Rome's Cinecittà studios). The film was an international co-production, with British, Italian and French interests involved; in the United States it was released by Paramount Pictures. It was entered in the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Anthony Quinn as Inuk the Eskimo, and Japanese actress Yoko Tani, as his... MORE

The Savage Innocents is a 1960 film, adapted from the novel Top of the World by Swiss writer Hans Rüesch. The screenplay was mainly written by its director, Nicholas Ray, who shot the film in the Canadian Arctic (with interiors shot in Britain's Pinewood Studios and in Rome's Cinecittà studios). The film was an international co-production, with British, Italian and French interests involved; in the United States it was released by Paramount Pictures. It was entered in the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. The film stars Anthony Quinn as Inuk the Eskimo, and Japanese actress Yoko Tani, as his wife. Peter O'Toole plays a Canadian trooper. O'Toole's voice was dubbed, causing the actor to demand that his name be removed from the credits. Also in the cast is restaurateur Michael Chow, who appeared in several British films from the late 1950s onwards. Chow is the brother of actress Tsai Chin, and they are the offspring of the famous Beijing Opera star Zhou Xinfang. Inuk, an Eskimo hunter, kills a priest who rejects his traditional offer of food and his wife's company. Pursued by white policemen, Inuk saves the life of one of them, resulting in a final confrontation in which the surviving cop LESS