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''Arctic Blue'' is a 1993
action thriller The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...
film directed by
Peter Masterson Peter Masterson (born Carlos Bee Masterson Jr.; June 1, 1934 – December 18, 2018) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He made his Broadway theater, Broadway debut in November 1967 in ''The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (play), ...
and starring
Rutger Hauer Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century. H ...
,
Dylan Walsh Dylan Walsh (born Charles Hunter Walsh; November 17, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Sean McNamara on the FX television series '' Nip/Tuck'', Al Burns on '' Unforgettable'', and Sam Lane on '' Superman & Lois' ...
,
Rya Kihlstedt Rya Kihlstedt (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She starred in the 1997 comedy film '' Home Alone 3'' as Alice Ribbons. Kihlstedt would go on to appear in the films '' Deep Impact'' (1998), '' Women in Trouble'' (2009) and '' The Atticu ...
, and John Cuthbert.


Premise

Eric Desmond is an amateur
marshal Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society. As marshals became trusted members of the courts of Middle Ages, Medieval Europe, the title grew in reputation. During the last few centuries, it has been used fo ...
in the
wilderness Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plurale tantum, plural) are Earth, Earth's natural environments that have not been significantly modified by human impact on the environment, human activity, or any urbanization, nonurbanized land not u ...
of
Alaska Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north ...
who has to deal with a
homicidal ''Homicidal'' is a 1961 American horror film, horror-thriller film produced and directed by William Castle, and starring Glenn Corbett, Patricia Breslin, Eugenie Leontovich, Alan Bunce and Joan Marshall, Jean Arless. The film follows a murderou ...
trapper Ben Corbett, his fellow trappers and a greedy
politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...
.


Cast

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Rutger Hauer Rutger Oelsen Hauer (; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century. H ...
as Ben Corbett *
Dylan Walsh Dylan Walsh (born Charles Hunter Walsh; November 17, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Sean McNamara on the FX television series '' Nip/Tuck'', Al Burns on '' Unforgettable'', and Sam Lane on '' Superman & Lois' ...
as Eric Desmond *
Rya Kihlstedt Rya Kihlstedt (born July 23, 1970) is an American actress. She starred in the 1997 comedy film '' Home Alone 3'' as Alice Ribbons. Kihlstedt would go on to appear in the films '' Deep Impact'' (1998), '' Women in Trouble'' (2009) and '' The Atticu ...
as Anne Marie * John Cuthbert as Lemalle * John Bear Curtis as Mitchell * Bill Croft as Bob 'Viking' Corbett * Richard Bradford as Sam Wilder * Kevin Cooney as Leo Meyerling * Michael Lawrenchuk as Earl Kenai * Steven E. Miller as Arthur Neff * Gunargie O'Sullivan as Dixie


VHS and DVD releases

The film was released on
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in the U.S. in 1995 from Columbia TriStar. It was released on
DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
in the U.S. in 2001.


See also

* ''3:10 to Yuma'' (1957 film), the first film adaptation directed by
Delmer Daves Delmer Lawrence Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, film director and film producer. He worked in many Film genre, genres, including film noir and war film, warfare, but he is best known for his Western (genre ...
and starring
Glenn Ford Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006), known as Glenn Ford, was a Canadian-born American actor. He was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as one of the biggest box-office draws of th ...
(as Wade),
Van Heflin Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (December 13, 1908 – July 23, 1971) was an American theatre, radio, and film actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. ...
(as Evans), and
Felicia Farr Felicia Farr (born Olive Dines; October 4, 1932) is an American former actress and model. Early years Farr was born in Westchester County, New York. She attended Erasmus Hall High School and studied sociology at Penn State. Career Farr beg ...
(as Emmy).


External links

* Films directed by Peter Masterson 1993 films 1993 action thriller films Films set in the Arctic Films set in Alaska Northern (genre) films 1990s English-language films Films scored by Peter Rodgers Melnick English-language action thriller films {{action-thriller-film-stub