Watched Bear Island (1979) last night. It is a surprisingly loose adaptation of the excellent Alistair MacLean nove, although it manages to be pretty enjoyable on its own merits, a classic thriller with some good acting from the strong cast which includes Donald Sutherland, Christopher Lee, Richard Widmark and Lloyd Bridges as well as Vanessa Redgrave although she is lumbered with a bizarre Norweigan accent.
Don Sharp's direction is beautiful with some scenic Canadian locations and a minimum of studio work. A match for Carpenter's The Thing in its capture of a real arctic setting. The Sony UK DVD is a little grainy and with some speckling but in full OAR and seems to be uncut (the UK VHS release was inexplicably missing some ten minutes).
My complete review with pictures - Bear Island.
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