Nikki, Wild Dog of the North

A family film about Nikki, a half-wolf, half-dog raised in the Yukon during the gold rush era. After being separated from her master, Nikki must fend for herself amidst bears, the harsh Yukon weather, and a trapper who wants her skin.

Cast

Jean Couto

as Andre Dupas

Émile Genest

as Jacques Lebeau

Uriel Luft

as Makoki

Robert Rivard

as Durante

Jacques Fauteux

as Narrator

Nikki

as Nikki

Reviews

r96sk

More of a documentary than a film. The premise, or at least the stuff that holds it together, to <em>'Nikki, Wild Dog of the North'</em> is rather light; particularly for the first and second acts, the third has a little more meat on the bones. There's also extremely questionable animal welfar...

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