Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983)

History Adventure Drama TV Movie

Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerning the "conquering" of the North Pole. Robert E. Peary (Rod Steiger), a US Navy commander and shameless self-promoter, sets out through Arctic wastes in 1909 to discover the Pole, an expedition that many others have attempted but failed to complete. His principal rival is Dr. Frederick A. Cook (Richard Chamberlain), who insists that he'd already reached the Pole in 1908. Though the experts (and the US Congress) conclude that Perry was first, public opinion is firmly in Cook's corner--as is this TV movie.

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  • Release Date: 1983-12-13
  • Runtime: 1h 40min
  • Director: Robert Day

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    • Cast

    • 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'

    • Walter Massey

      Theodore Roosevelt

    • Donald Li

      Etuk

    • Donald Pilon

      Robert Bartlett

    • Timothy Webber

      Harry Whitney

    • Vlasta Vrana

      Murphy

    • Tony Vogel

      Skipper

    • Bronwen Mantel

      Mrs. Dudley

    • Daniel Nalbach

      Bridgeman

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