The Call of the Wild

1972 100 min ★ 6.1 Adventure, Drama, Family, Western

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.

Cast

Charlton Heston

John Thornton

Raimund Harmstorf

Pete

George Eastman

Black Burton

Maria Rohm

Mercedes

Juan Luis Galiardo

Seze

Sancho Gracia

Taglish Charlie

Friedhelm Lehmann

Charles

Horst Heuck

Hal

Rik Battaglia

Dutch Harry

Alf Malland

Constantine

Details

Director

Ken Annakin

Tagline

"Sweeping action-adventure.. against the perils of the frozen north!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Norsk Film, Oceania Film, Universal Pictures France, Ízaro Films, CCC Filmkunst

Reviews

W

Wuchak

August 11, 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...