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The Call of the Wild (1976)

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Film details

Featuring

John Beck Bernard Fresson John Mcliam
Country

USA
Year

1976
Genres

Crime Romance Drama
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

TV film about a dog that is kidnapped from its California home and sold as a sled dog to goldseeking prospectors in Alaska. As the dog is brutalised and humiliated by man, it feels the old instinctual call of the wild, and finally reverts to its wolflike ancestry.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    John Beck
  - cast member
    
    Bernard Fresson
  - cast member
    
    John Mcliam
  - cast member
    
    Donald Moffat
  - cast member
    
    Michael Pataki
  - cast member
    
    Penelope Windust
  - cast member
    
    Billy 'Green' Bush
  - cast member
    
    Raymond Guth
  - cast member
    
    Dennis Burkley
  - cast member
    
    Larry Golden
  - cast member
    
    René Enríquez
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Jerry Jameson
  - Production Company
    
    Charles Fries Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    Charles Fries
  - Producer
    
    Malcolm Stuart
  - Script
    
    James Dickey
  - Original novel
    
    Jack London
  - Photography
    
    Matthew F. Leonetti
  - Editor
    
    Tom Stevens
  - Production Designer
    
    Joel Schiller
  - Music
    
    Peter Matz

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