The Savage Innocents
The Savage Innocents is a 1960 adventure film directed and co-written by Nicholas Ray. Anthony Quinn and Yoko Tani star, with Lee Montague, Marco Guglielmi, Carlo Giustini, Anthony Chinn, and Michael Chow in supporting roles, alongside Peter O' Toole in an early film role. It was adapted from the novel Top of the World by Swiss writer Hans Ruesch.
Plot
An Inuk hunter kills a Christian missionary who rejects his traditional offer of food and his wife's company. Pursued by white policemen, the Inuk saves the life of one of them, resulting in a final confrontation in which the surviving cop must decide between his commitment to law enforcement and his gratitude to the Inuk.
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| author | Baccio Bandini Hans Ruesch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q240677 |
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| contentLocation | Canada |
| director | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q240677 |
| editor | Eraldo Da Roma Ralph Kemplen |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | christian missionary inuk law enforcement survive |
| musicBy | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q435856 |
| producer | Joseph Janni Maleno Malenotti |
| productionCompany | Appia Films Ltd. Gray Films Magic Film Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures Rank Film Distributors |
| recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |