"In 1896, three survivors of a whaling ship-wreck in the Canadian Arctic are saved and adopted by an Eskimo tribe but frictions arise when the three start misbehaving."
Warren Oates
as Billy
Timothy Bottoms
as Daggett
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Portagee
Joanasie Salamonie
as Kangiak
Simonie Kopapik
as Sarkak
Pilitak
as Neevee
Sagiaktok
as Shaman
Munamee Sako
as Sowaiapik
Pitseolai Kili
as Sowaiapik's Wife
Meetook Mallee
as Ikuma
Seemee Nookiguak
as Avinga
Sakkeassie
as Dirty Boy
Akshooyooliak
as Old Mother
Nilak Butler
as Pance
Oolipika Joamie
as Mia
Higa Ipeelie
as Evaloo
Jacob Partridge
as Archer
Ashoona Kilabuck
as Shartok
Namonai Ashoona
as Nowya
Aupalotak Simonee
as Hunter
Atcheelak
Philip Kaufman
Director
James Houston
Screenplay
Thomas Rickman
Caro Jones
Casting
Douglas Day Stewart
Editor
Martin Ransohoff
Producer
Michael Chapman
Director of Photography
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Novel
Paul Baxley
Stunt Coordinator
Fred Scheiwiller
Stunts
Chuck Waters
Mickey Gilbert
Richard Washington
Marcel Carpenter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jon Anderson
Assistant Director
Don Carmody
Location Manager
Harvey Stambler
Assistant Editor
William Maldonado
Construction Coordinator
Richard Lightstone
Sound Mixer
Henry Millar Jr.
Special Effects
Tony Lucibello
Second Assistant Director
Pete Horner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kenneth Post
Camera Operator
Tim Griffith
Lighting Director
Adaptation
James J. Klinger
Sound Effects Editor
Associate Producer
Don Guest
Craig R. Baxley
Stunt Double