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The Savage Innocents
UNITED STATES · 1960

The Savage Innocents

Nicholas Ray
cultural clash misunderstanding and prejudice pursuit and survival isolation accidental crime
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Synopsis

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.

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