Valley of the Eagles (Rank; Lippert), filmed largely in northern Scandinavia, is noteworthy for a breathtaking sequence in which Laplanders hunt wolves with giant trained eagles. Almost as dramatic is a reindeer stampede in a blizzard.
The nondocumentary portions of an otherwise plodding British-made film involve a chase by a police inspector and a scientist after the latter's wife and assistant, who have escaped with secret parts of his electronic invention. Just in time for the fadeout, the fugitives are conveniently buried in an avalanche. This leaves the scientist free to pursue his...
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