Cook & Peary: The Race to The Pole

– Cook and Peary: The Race to the Pole is an unabashedly biased recreation of the controversy concerni..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983)

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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Filming Locations:

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

Release Date:

13 Dec 1983

Language:

English

Director:

Robert Day

Writer:

I.C. Rapoport

Main Actors:

Richard Chamberlain, Rod Steiger, Diane Venora, Michael Gross

Plot:

The historic race between Admiral Peary and Dr. Cook for the first to reach the North Pole.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.3/10