Call of the Wild 1935  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Frank Conroy, Reginald Owen, Sidney Toler, Katherine DeMille, Charles Stevens, James Burke, Herman Bing, Lalo Encinas, Thomas E. Jackson, Russ Powell, George MacQuarrie, Wade Boteler
In this film adaptation of Jack London's tale of searching for gold in Alaska, Jack Thornton (Clark Gable) plans to head to Alaska for the gold rush, but he loses his money in a poker game. He buys a Saint Bernard named "Buck" from cruel owner Smith (Frank Conroy) and trains Buck as a sled dog. Later, an angry Smith bets Jack $1,000 that Buck can't pull a sled. Buck accomplishes the feat, and Jack wins the money he needs for the Alaska trip. With his friend Shorty (Jack Oakie), Jack sets out for Alaska where he meets Claire (Loretta Young) whose prospector husband (Reginald Owen) is missing, and Jack's adventures continue.
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Call of the Wild 1976  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Jameson
Cast: John Beck, Donald Moffat, Bernard Fresson, John McLiam, Michael Pataki, Billy Green Bush, Penelope Windust, Johnny Tillotson, Dennis Burkley, Rene Enriquez, Larry Golden, Raymond Guth, Paul Harper, Juaquin Martinez, Marvin Miller
Once again, Jack London's story is brought to the screen in this TV version of the tale of gold prospectors in Alaska and their relationships with their dogs. Prospectors John Thornton and Francois (John Beck and Bernard Fresson) buy a stolen dog, "Buck," and battle the frozen Klondike in their search for gold. But, problems may lie ahead as Buck appears ready to listen to the call of the wild and run off on his own.
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Call of the Wild 1993 TV, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Alan Smithee, Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Cast: Rick Schroder, Gordon Tootoosis, Duncan Fraser, Mia Sara, Richard Newman, Brent Stait, Eric McCormack, Kerry Sandomirsky, Tom Heaton, Vince Metcalfe, Marie Stillin, Allen Lysell, Bill Croft, Dayne Low, Peter Bibby
In this rendition of Jack London's novel, young, inexperienced John Thornton (Rick Schroder) is searching for gold in the Yukon, and he receives invaluable help from Buck, a German Shepherd that, after being stolen from its California home, is now a sled dog in Alaska. John and Buck bond as they face many hardships while traveling through the frozen terrain during the Yukon Gold Rush.
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| Oscar: Best Actor for It Happened One Night (1934) |
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| Oscar: Best Actress for The Farmer's Daughter (1947) |
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