Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
An unsurpassed wilderness adventure of three strange friends...a rugged man, a huge bear, and NIKKI - fighting king of a majestic breed!
1961 | 74m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Jack Couffer, Don Haldane |
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| Writer: | Ralph Wright, Winston Hibler, James Oliver Curwood |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 12, 1961 |
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| Director: | Jack Couffer, Don Haldane |
| Writer: | Ralph Wright, Winston Hibler, James Oliver Curwood |
| Genres: | Family, Adventure |
| Keywords | wilderness, yukon, canada |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Productions, Cangary, Westminster Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jean Coutu | Andre Dupas |
| Émile Genest | Jacques Lebeau |
| Uriel Luft | Makoki |
| Robert Rivard | Durante |
| Jacques Fauteux | Narrator |
| Nikki | Self |
| James Barron | Trapper |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jack Couffer | Director, Camera Operator |
| Ralph Wright | Writer |
| Winston Hibler | Writer |
| James Oliver Curwood | Original Story |
| Dwight Hauser | Additional Dialogue |
| Sam McKim | Continuity |
| Dale Hennesy | Continuity |
| Grant K. Smith | Editor |
| Evelyn Kennedy | Music Editor |
| Robert O. Cook | Sound |
| Clifford Vaughan | Orchestrator |
| Lloyd Beebe | Camera Operator |
| Ray Jewell | Camera Operator |
| William W. Bacon III | Camera Operator |
| Don Haldane | Director |
| Donald Wilder | Camera Operator |
| Phil Hirsch | Assistant Director |
| Jerry Stoll | Assistant Director |
| Leo Ewaschuk | Unit Manager |
| Jack McCullagh | Set Decoration |
| George Mulholland | Sound Recordist |
| André de Tonnancour | Sound Recordist |
| Jan Kemp | Costumer |
| Oliver Wallace | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Erwin L. Verity | Associate Producer |
| Winston Hibler | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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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 ... e, a lot of it could be trained but it's difficult not to be cynical with some of the stuff you see - especially across the opening twenty minutes. It affected my enjoyment, way more than a few other Disney films with similar issues. Cast-wise it's almost non-existent, Jean Coutu and Émile Genest are solid as Andre and Jacques respectively. Jacques Fauteux narrates the film, he is arguably the only good part to this - his delivery is near perfect. I can't honestly say I liked this as I simply didn't, the animal stuff alongside the weak plot makes for uninteresting viewing. Each to their own, as always.