---
title: 'Never Cry Wolf (1983)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carroll Ballard'
released: '1983-10-06'
runtime_minutes: 103
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/never-cry-wolf-1983'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086005/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Never Cry Wolf (1983)

1983 · PG · 103 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Never Cry Wolf is a 1983 American drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film is an adaptation of Farley Mowat's 1963 "subjective non-fiction" book. The film stars Charles Martin Smith as a government biologist sent into the wilderness to study the caribou population. The decline of the caribou population is believed to be caused by wolves, although no one has seen a wolf kill a caribou. The film also features Brian Dennehy and Zachary Ittimangnaq.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carroll Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-ballard)
- **Screenplay:** [Curtis Hanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/curtis-hanson), [Sam Hamm](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-hamm)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mark Isham](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-isham)
- **Producer:** [Joseph Strick](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-strick), [Ron W. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-w-miller), [Jack Couffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-couffer), [Lewis M. Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-m-allen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hiro Narita](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiro-narita)
- **Editor:** [Michael A. Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-a-chandler), [Peter Parasheles](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-parasheles)

## Cast

- [Charles Martin Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-martin-smith)
- [Brian Dennehy](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-dennehy)
- [Tom Dahlgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-dahlgren)

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