Call of the Wild (1935)

Adventure Drama Romance Western

Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.

Updated May 25 2020

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1935-08-09

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Keywords:

based on novel or book gold wilderness alaska love affair dog sled dogs dog sled prospector yukon klondike gold rush early 1900s

FACTS

Runtime: 81 mins Rating: 6.5 Tag Line: An Epic Novel . . . An Epic Picture !

Cast

Reginald Owen

Mr. Smith

Herman Bing

Sam

Clark Gable

Jack Thornton

Jack Oakie

'Shorty' Hoolihan

James Burke

Bartender (uncredited)

Frank Conroy

John Blake

Kay Johnson

Show Girl (uncredited)

Sidney Toler

Joe Groggins