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Bookmark this pageThe Call of the Wild (1972)
Director: Ken Annakin
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From Time Out Film Guide
Jack London's Yukon yarn of an Alsatian sled-dog and his master has been filmed three times. The 1935 William Wellman version compensated for a tame adaptation by the presence of Clark Gable and Loretta Young; the 1976 telemovie benefited from a tougher James (Deliverance) Dickey script; all this has to boast is dreaded multi-national packager Harry Alan Towers, who was still mining the same seam of fool's gold in 1979 with the tax-sheltered Klondike Fever. At least Canadian money ensured the right locations for that; here Norwegian snowscapes substitute.Author: PT
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Cast & crew
Director: Ken Annakin
Producer: Harry Alan Towers
Cast: Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman, Maria Rohm full cast
Duration: 105 mins
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