Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole
1983, English. Directed by Robert Day.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Robert DayDirector
- Richard ChamberlainFrederick Cook
- Rod SteigerRobert E. Peary
- Diane VenoraMarie Fidele Hunt
- Michael GrossJames Troth
- Samm-Art WilliamsMatt Henson
- Louis NeginMaitre D'
- Walter MasseyTheodore Roosevelt
- Donald LiEtuk
- Donald PilonRobert Bartlett
- Timothy WebberHarry Whitney
- Vlasta VranaMurphy
- Tony VogelSkipper
Details
- Released
- 13 December 1983
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Written by
- I.C. Rapoport
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Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole is streaming on Cineverse in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole, try Tenzing, Scott of the Antarctic, The Miniaturist.
Who directed Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole?
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983) was directed by Robert Day and stars Richard Chamberlain, Rod Steiger, Diane Venora.