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Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole

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.

Top Cast

  • Richard Chamberlain

    Richard Chamberlain

    Frederick Cook

  • Rod Steiger

    Rod Steiger

    Robert E. Peary

  • Diane Venora

    Diane Venora

    Marie Fidele Hunt

  • Michael Gross

    Michael Gross

    James Troth

  • Samm-Art Williams

    Samm-Art Williams

    Matt Henson

  • Louis Negin

    Louis Negin

    Maitre D'

  • Walter Massey

    Walter Massey

    Theodore Roosevelt

  • Donald Li

    Donald Li

    Etuk

  • Donald Pilon

    Donald Pilon

    Robert Bartlett

Overview

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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