Bear Island

Bear Island - 1979 | 110 mins | Adventurel, Thriller, Drama | Colour

The Production Team

Director: Don Sharp.
Producer: Peter Snell.
Script: David Butler, Don Sharp and Murray Smith. (from the novel by Alistair MacLean)
Cinematography: Alan Hume.
Editing: Eric Boyd-Perkins and Tony Lower.
Production Design: Harry Pottle.
Art Direction: Peter Childs and Kenneth Ryan.
Makeup Department: Phyllis Newman, Wally Schneiderman and Leila Seppänen.
Sound Department: Chris Greenham and Brian Simmons.
Original Music: Robert Farnon.

The Cast

Donald Sutherland - Frank Lansing
Vanessa Redgrave - Heddi Lindquist
Richard Widmark - Otto Gerran
Christopher Lee - Lechinski
Barbara Parkins - Judith Rubin
Lloyd Bridges - Smithy
Lawrence Dane - Paul Hartman
Patricia Collins - Inge Van Zipper
Michael J. Reynolds - Heyter
Nicholas Cortland - Jungbeck

Plot Synopsis

Dismal Canadian-British thriller involving Cold War intrigue and murder that sadly suffers from an almost complete lack of suspense. Loosely adapted from Alistair MacLean's novel.

Researcher Frank Lansing (Donald Sutherland) has joined a United Nations expedition to study global warming on a remote North Atlantic island deemed off limits by NATO. The scientists end up at the frozen, isolated research station, but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Lansing’s fortunate discovery of a German U-Boat from World War II loaded with Nazi gold bullion in a derelict submarine pen may hold the key to recent events. They soon find themselves under threat from neo-Nazis who are determined to claim the priceless hoard for themselves.