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6.2/10   38 votes
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I.C. Rapoport (writer)
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13 December 1983 (USA) more
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A good piece of history that needed a far better ending. more (3 total)

Cast

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Richard Chamberlain ... Frederick Cook

Rod Steiger ... Robert E. Peary

Diane Venora ... Marie Fidele Hunt
Michael Gross ... James Troth
Samm-Art Williams ... Matt Henson
Louis Negin ... Maitre D'
Mark Walker ... 1st Gentleman
Barry Blake ... 2nd Gentleman
Bronwen Mantel ... Mrs. Dudley
Tara O'Donnell ... Ruth Hunt
Daniel Nalbach ... Bridgeman
Philip Spensley ... Morris Jessup
Antony Parr ... General Hubbard
Don Robinson ... Alexander Graham Bell
Walter Massey ... Theodore Roosevelt
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100 min
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A good piece of history that needed a far better ending., 14 April 1999
6/10
Author: Jason C. Atwood from Suffolk, Virginia

I'm not sure this TV movie has ever won the attention that it deserved, but this chronicles a true event that every man tried hard to accomplish, and failed: reaching the North Pole. The story provides conflict and competition between the two characters in the title who set out to make history for themselves. A different kind of expedition illustrates an observational point of view rather than adventurous. Richard Chamberlain didn't have to be so jealous enough to create a fool of himself, but he was. Let's cover up all of the important events that lead to the conclusion, which is downright spoilish and predictable for a movie that had a plot so nicely thought out. I'd be too foolish to tell you what exactly happened, but if you're interested in history that was thought to be impossible, then this'll be pretty good.

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