Name: Bear Island
Genre: Thriller, Action, Adventure, Mystery
Released: 1979-12-05
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee, Barbara Parkins

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Keeps you guessing.
Keeps you on edge.
Puts you inside a crime.
Draws you into power games.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 46GoodWatch 51
IMDb5.9
Audience score32%
Running time
1 h 58 min
A typical length for thrillers, +14 min on the typical 104
typical 104118
Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1979
December 5, 1979
47 years ago
Genres
ThrillerActionAdventureMystery
Language
English
Original language
Made in
Canada
United Kingdom
Rated
- PGUnited States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
ViolenceStrong
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesModerate
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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Not listed for kids or family movie night.
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Directing · 1
Don Sharp Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
David Butler Screenplay
Alistair MacLean Novel
Production · 3
Peter Snell Producer
Stuart Aikins Casting
William Hill Associate Producer
Camera · 2
Alan Hume Director of Photography
David Appleby Still Photographer
Editing · 1
Tony Lower Editor
Sound · 1
Robert Farnon Original Music Composer
Art · 3
Harry Pottle Production Design
Peter Childs Art Direction
Kenneth Ryan Art Direction
Other crew · 2
Vic Armstrong Stunt Coordinator
Murray Smith Additional Writing