The Call of the Wild

1972 PG-13 1h 40m

6.1 / 10 63

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6.1/10

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John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.

Director Ken Annakin

Writers

Harry Alan Towers Wyn Wells Peter Yeldham

Stars

Charlton Heston Raimund Harmstorf George Eastman

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Wuchak 11 Aug 2023

8/10

**_Euro version of Jack London’s classic with Charlton Heston_** During the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, two mail dispatchers travel by dog sled from Skagway, on the coast of southeast Alaska, to Dawson City over 400 miles north in the Yukon. One of the sled dogs, Buck, is fresh from California with no experience in snowy weather. Thorton (Heston) unwisely makes an enemy of the town mogul (Georg...