Never Cry Wolf (1983) is an American drama film adaption of the Farley Mowat autobiographical book of the same name. The film, directed by Carroll Ballard, features Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, and Zachary Ittimangnaq.

The drama was made during the 1980s when Walt Disney Productions, under the guidance of Walt Disney's son-in-law Ron W. Miller, was experimenting with more mature plot material in its films. The following year Miller would start the Touchstone Films label.

The premise of the film is that the Arctic's caribou population is rapidly dwindling, and wolves are being blamed. Yet, no one has seen a wolf kill a caribou, so authorities send Tyler (Charles Martin Smith) into the wilderness to study the wolves. Yet, Tyler is a biologist and not a survival expert.

This film dramatizes the true story of Farley Mowat, when he was sent to the Canadian tundra area to collect evidence of the grievous harm the wolf population was allegedly doing to the caribou herds. In his struggle to survive in that difficult environment he studies the wolves, and realizes that the old beliefs about wolves and their supposed threat are almost totally false. Furthermore, he learns that humans represent a far greater threat to the land, and also to the wolves, a species which plays an important role in the ecosystem of the north. Written by Kenneth Chisholm