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Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild

An Epic Novel . . . An Epic Picture !

19356.21h 31m

Overview

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.

Directed by William A. Wellman
Written by Jack London, Gene Fowler, Leonard Praskins
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
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Top Cast

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Jack Thornton

Loretta Young

Loretta Young

Claire Blake

Jack Oakie

Jack Oakie

'Shorty' Hoolihan

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Mr. Smith

Frank Conroy

Frank Conroy

John Blake

Katherine DeMille

Katherine DeMille

Marie

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

Joe Groggins

James Burke

James Burke

Ole

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Lalo Encinas

Kali

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

'Tex' Rickard

Themes & Keywords

goldbased on novel or bookwildernessalaskalove affairdogsled dogsdog sledprospectoryukon, canadaklondike gold rush1900s

About Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild is a adventure, drama, romance, western film released in 1935 exploring themes of gold, based on novel or book, wilderness, alaska, love affair, dog. Directed by William A. Wellman, it stars Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie. Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.

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