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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.
The Savage Innocents: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Anthony Quinn, Yôko Tani, Peter O'Toole, Carlo Giustini. An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.
Inuk (Anthony Quinn), an Eskimo hunter, offers his wife, Asiak (Yôko Tani), to a visiting Christian missionary as a courtesy, which is a custom of his...
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Film Details. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. When an Eskimo kills a priest for refusing his wife (an Eskimo custom), he becomes a fugitive and is caught by the Canadian Mounties, who then set him free in realization and respect for a different "nation's" set of laws. Cast & Crew. Read More. Nicholas Ray. Director. Anthony Quinn. Inuk. Yoko Tani.
Unfairly dismissed at the time of its release, The Savage Innocents is one of Ray's greatest films. This ambitious parable about the culture clash between the civilized and the savage benefits greatly from its semi-documentary style and beautiful imagery.
Year: 1960. Original title: The Savage Innocents. Synopsis: Nicholas Ray's epic 1959 film about Eskimo life was unfairly victimized on release, censored at the UK cinema, and neglected by both TV and home video for decades.
The Savage Innocents (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
