Warrior Spirit (TV)

Chasseurs de loups, chasseurs d'or – French title

Tales of the Wild: Warrior Spirit – English title

Warrior Spirit – English title

A 1995 Canadian, French, U.S.A. television co-production [Cinévidéo Plus (Montreal), Ellipse

    Animation, France 3 Cinéma, Gaumont Télévision (Paris), Trimark Pictures (Hollywood)]

Producer: Justine Héroux, Robert Réa, Jacques Salles, Christian Charret

Director: René Manzor (René Lalanne)

Story:  The Wolf Hunters; The Gold Hunters by James Oliver Curwood

Teleplay: René Manzor (René Lalanne), Thomas Parkinson

Photography: Pal Gyulay [color]

Music: Jean-Félix Lalanne

Running time: 94 minutes

Cast:

Rob Elliot - Lukas Haas

Wabi - Allan Musy (Alain Lalanne)

Mukoki – Jimmy Herman

Minnetaki – Jessica Welch

Woonga - Byron Chief-Moon

Jean Drey - Jean-Pierre Matte

John Ball - Daniel Gélin

Mrs. Elliot - Dannette McKay

Milton – Danny Williams

Old Roderick – John Dapery

Principal - Dennis St John

Supervisor - David Francis

Recruit - Matt Holland

Brewster - Jason Tremblay

McKenna - Richard Zeman

Students - Andrew Greene, Hugo Veilleux

Old nurse – Ann Page

Museum guide - Alan Legros

Math teacher - Thomas Karle

Hunters – Peter Cox, Hunt Eagle

Woongatan – Ben Gauthier (Benoit Gauthier) Joel Belley, Larry Johnson

Stunt coordinators – David McKeown, Mike Scherer (Michael Scherer)

Stunts – Joel Belley, Claude Chausse, Peter Cox, Frank Gauthier (François Gauthier), Johnny Goar, Héléna Laliberté, Stéphane Lefebvre

While at boarding school Rod Elliot befriends Wabi when the other students harass him because he is an Indian. But Rod drops out of school to work when his family can't afford the tuition. When Wabi returns to the Yukon, he offers Rob a job as a fur trapper. But soon rumors of gold in the mountains distract Rob. Wabi decides to join Rod and search for gold, but the bonds of their friendship are tested when they encounter opposition from a hostile tribe and must struggle to escape with their lives.

Shown on French television January 7, 1995.

YouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NEnK2SekrM