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The Call of the Wild

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

6.1(68)19721h 40m4

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Language
English
  • based on novel or book

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Director

Ken Annakin

Produced in

Germany, France, Spain, Italy

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG17 Mar 1975
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical26 Jul 1973
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical24 Jan 1974
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1 Feb 1975
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical10 Jun 1974
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical1 Mar 1974
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical11 Oct 1973
    • PhysicalUDVD20 Apr 2004
    • PhysicalUBlu-Ray20 May 2021
    • Digital / OTTUPrime Video25 Nov 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • TheatricalWest Germany 29 Dec 1972
    • TheatricalEast Germany 16 Aug 1974
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical25 Oct 1984
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical30 Nov 1972
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical24 Mar 1973
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical7 Mar 1974

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The Call of the Wild was released on 30 November 1972.

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    Wuchak

    8/11/2023

    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 (George Eastman) while get…

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