Emperor of the North Pole

Based On the book by Jack London

Emperor of the North Pole is a 1973 American action adventure film directed by Robert Aldrich, starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, and Charles Tyner. It was later re-released on home media (and is more widely known) under the shorter title Emperor of the North, ostensibly chosen by studio executives to avoid being mistaken for a heartwarming holiday story. This original title is an homage to the historic joke among Great Depression-era hobos that the world's best hobo was "Emperor of the North Pole", a way of poking fun at their own desperate situation, implying that somebody ruling over the North Pole would reign over nothing but a vast, barren, cold, empty, and stark wasteland. The film depicts the story of two hobos' struggle (esp.

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Release date:

May 24, 1973

Director:

Robert Aldrich

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Simon Oakland, Elisha Cook Jr.

Genre:

Drama, Action

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1973 in adaptations