Movie
Call of the Wild
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1935-08-09
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Clark Gable as Jack Thornton
- Loretta Young as Claire Blake
- Jack Oakie as 'Shorty' Hoolihan
- Reginald Owen as Mr. Smith
- Frank Conroy as John Blake
- Katherine DeMille as Marie
- Sidney Toler as Joe Groggins
- James Burke as Ole
- Lalo Encinas as Kali
- Thomas E. Jackson as 'Tex' Rickard
- Russ Powell as Bartender
- Herman Bing as Sam
Crew
- William A. Wellman - Director
- Gene Fowler - Screenplay
- Leonard Praskins - Screenplay
- Jack London - Story
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