''The Sea Wolf'' is a 1993 American-Canadian made-for-television

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directed by Michael Anderson, starring

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, Catherine Mary Stewart and Christopher Reeve. It is based on

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's 1904 novel ''

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''. The film was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special at the

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Plot

Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Ray Loynd wrote for the ''

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The production rivals the classic
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remake (Warner Bros., 1942), generally cited as the strongest of all six prior "Sea Wolf" movies (including three silents). ... Bronson, playing what's probably his first thinking man's heavy, seems right at home as the power-maddened Wolf Larsen butting heads and spouting lines from Milton ("It's better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven"). But it's Reeve's character, compelled to claw his way out of the galley as the spat-upon cabin boy, who does all the changing in this sea-tossed crucible of fire.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sea Wolf 1993 television films 1993 films 1990s adventure drama films American television films Canadian drama television films American adventure drama films Canadian adventure drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Michael Anderson Sea adventure films Films based on The Sea-Wolf Television shows based on works by Jack London 1990s American films 1990s Canadian films