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03/01/1996 Action, Adventure, Drama, Western 1h 30m
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Where land is power and revenge is obsession.

Overview

Set during the Alaskan gold rush of the late 1800s. In his efforts to gain control of a small mining town, Sean McLennon is buying up every claim that becomes available, usually after the deaths of the previous owners at the hands of McLennon's 'assistants'. One of the miners targeted by McLennon, a half-Indian hunter named Hudson Saanteek, manages to escape his hired thugs and comes back into town looking to re-establish his claim and get revenge. McLennon and his men have the advantage of numbers and weapons, but Saanteek has his survival skills and knowledge of the Alaskan wilderness.

  1. Nils Gaup

    Director

  2. Sergio Donati

    Writer

  3. Lorenzo Donati

    Writer

  4. Paul Ohl

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. James Caan

    Sean McLennon

  2. Christopher Lambert

    Hudson Saanteek

  3. Catherine McCormack

    Sarah

  4. Burt Young

    Reno

  5. Morten Faldaas

    Smiley

  6. Sverre Anker Ousdal

    Lindberg

  7. Jacques François

    Colonel Henry Johnson

  8. Frank Salsedo

    Nakki

  9. Reidar Sørensen

    Bjorn Svenson

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-07-24
A Winter Western with a curiously rushed ending

RELEASED IN 1996 and directed by Nils Gaup, "North Star" is a Western that takes place in Nome, Alaska, during a gold rush in 1899. James Caan plays the love-to-hate mogul who denies mining claims to foreigners and attempts to kill a half-breed Indian (Christopher Lambert) for the claim to a cave filled with gold, which the Natives use in their ceremonies. The half-breed ends up abducting the mogul's woman, played by the beautiful Catherine McCormack, who you might remember as Wallace's doomed wife at the beginning of "Braveheart" (1995). Th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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