Where the North Begins

Where the North Begins

A THRILLING DRAMA OF THE FAR NORTH IN WHICH A WONDER DOG SETTLES THE DESTINIES OF TWO MEN AND A WOMAN.

NR 1923 · 73 min · ★ 5.3 · Family, Action, Adventure, Drama

A German Shepherd puppy is "adopted" by a wolf pack in the snowy and frozen Great North and raised by them as one of their own. A few years later he comes upon a fur trapper and saves the man from certain death, and begins to feel a kinship with him that is stronger than the one he has with his adopted pack.

Directed by Chester M. Franklin · Written by Millard Webb

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