Emperor of the North

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American film action-adventure film film

Emperor of the North is a 1973 American action-adventure film directed by Robert Aldrich, set during the Great Depression and centered on the brutal rivalry between a legendary hobo and a sadistic railroad conductor.

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Emperor of the North canonical 3
Emperor of the North Pole 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
action-adventure film ⓘ
film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Emperor of the North ⓘ
surface form: Emperor of the North Pole
basedOn The Road by Jack London ⓘ
The Tycoon of a Railroad by Jack London ⓘ
character Number One ⓘ
surface form: A Number One

Cigaret ⓘ
Shack ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph F. Biroc ⓘ
colorProcess Color ⓘ
conflict legendary hobo vs sadistic railroad conductor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Aldrich ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Michael Luciano ⓘ
era New Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: New Hollywood cinema
filmingLocation Oregon ⓘ
genre action ⓘ
adventure ⓘ
drama ⓘ
inspiredBy writings of Jack London ⓘ
mainAntagonist Shack ⓘ
mainProtagonist A Number One ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
musicBy Frank De Vol ⓘ
narrativeFocus train-hopping hobos ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Great Depression ⓘ
producer Robert Aldrich ⓘ
productionCompany Robert Aldrich Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1973-05-24 ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
runtime 118 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Christopher Knopf ⓘ
setting American railroads ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
starring Charles Tyner ⓘ
Ernest Borgnine ⓘ
Keith Carradine ⓘ
Lee Marvin ⓘ
Matt Clark ⓘ
theme class struggle ⓘ
hobos ⓘ
railroad rivalry ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1930s ⓘ
title Emperor of the North self-link ⓘ

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Robert Aldrich → notableWork → Emperor of the North ⓘ
Robert Aldrich → directed → Emperor of the North ⓘ
Emperor of the North → title → Emperor of the North self-link ⓘ
Emperor of the North → alsoKnownAs → Emperor of the North ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emperor of the North Pole