Fresh
Art director and editor have done a standout job in matching and cutting so that it is virtually impossible to decide where Pinewood began and Canada came in.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Savage Innocents
Savage, sensational drama in this fantastic adventure!
1960 · 1h 50m
Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Though scuppered by problems worse than those usually associated with international coproductions, this is nonetheless rather more than just another engaging oddity from Ray.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
His strange, disturbing drama will leave most of its viewers dissatisfied and some outraged, but few will remain indifferent.
Eugene Archer, New York Times
Fresh
Nicholas Ray's epic film about Eskimo life and its remoteness from 'civilized' values represents his first -- and, in many ways, most ambitious -- attempt to break free from the Hollywood studios and forge an independent route.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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