The Call of the Wild (Original title)Il richiamo della foresta (Alternative title)Når Villdyret Våkner (Alternative title)La Selva Blanca (Alternative title)Ruf Der Wildnis (Alternative title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 1972 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Norway, Spain, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, FranceDirector: Ken Annakin
Synopsis: Adventure in the Klondike with a man and his Alsatian sled dog. After being kidnapped from his California home, Alsatian dog Buck is bought by John Thornton for the mail run, to become the latter's close companion through many adventures together. Despite being devoted to Thornton, Buck also feels the call of the wild and runs with a wolf pack, mating with one of the pack. Buck returns to Thornton but, upon the latter's death at the hands of Indians when gold prospecting, the dog returns to run wild with the pack, becoming a creature of legend to the Indians.
Genre: Action and Adventure
Subject: Animals (subject of artistic representation)
Releases
Date: 1972not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9415 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 1972 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Norway, Spain, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, FranceDirector: Ken Annakin
Synopsis: Adventure in the Klondike with a man and his Alsatian sled dog. After being kidnapped from his California home, Alsatian dog Buck is bought by John Thornton for the mail run, to become the latter's close companion through many adventures together. Despite being devoted to Thornton, Buck also feels the call of the wild and runs with a wolf pack, mating with one of the pack. Buck returns to Thornton but, upon the latter's death at the hands of Indians when gold prospecting, the dog returns to run wild with the pack, becoming a creature of legend to the Indians.
Genre: Action and Adventure
Subject: Animals (subject of artistic representation)
Releases
Date: 1972not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9415 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Massfilms Ltd., A Towers of London production: Towers of London, With the co-operation and assistance of: Norsk Films, Izaro Films, Produced by: Massfilms Ltd., Production Company: CCC Filmkunst (Berlin), Production Company: Oceania Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche, Production Company: U.P.F., Produced by: Harry Alan Towers, Associate Producer: Peter Manley, Associate Producer: George Davis, Production Manager: Svein Toreg, 2nd Unit Director: Dudley Lovell, Assistant Director: Ian Goddard, Assistant Director: Ola Solum, Assistant Director: Bente Kaas, Continuity: Unni Sterner, Screenplay by: Peter Yeldham, Screenplay by: Peter Welbeck, Screenplay by: Win Wells, Novel [credited in possessory above title]: Jack London, Photographed by: John Cabrera, Additional Photography: Egil Woxholt, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Dudley Lovell, Camera Operator: Hans Nord, Film Editor: Thelma Connell, Assistant Editor: Soledad Lopez, Art Director: Knut Solberg, Property Master: Clifford Reynolds, Costumes by: Grethe Wang, Brit Hartmann, Chief Make-up Man: Cristobal Criado, Music Composed by: Carlo Rustichelli, Sound Mixer: Doug Turner
Cast
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Charlton Heston (John Thornton), Michèle Mercier (Calliope Laurent), George Eastman (Black Burton), Raymond Harmstorf (Pete), Maria Rohm (Mercedes), Sancho Gracia (Taglish Charlie), Juan Luis Galiardo (Seze), Buck, Friedhelm Lehmann (Charles), Horst Heuck (Hal), Rik Battaglia (Dutch Harry), Alf Malland (Inspector Constatine), Alfredo Mayo (Judge Miller), Sverre Wilberg (colonel), Olav Pedersen (Red Sweater), Per Amvik (François), Tørbjorn Halvorsen (Perrault), Hans Stormoen (master of ceremonies), Kare Siem (piano player), Dan Rosse (old miner), Roy Björnstad (storeman), Ola B. Johannessen (con man), Per Tofte (runner), Antonio Mayáns (Jack), Jennifer Roberts (Mollie), Jody Hanson (Alice)