Call of the Wild
1935 · directed by William A. Wellman
- Rating
- 66/100
- Hit
- no
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.
Call of the Wild (1935), directed by William A. Wellman, rates 66/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Clark Gable
- Loretta Young
- Jack Oakie
- Reginald Owen
- Frank Conroy
- Katherine DeMille
- Sidney Toler
- James Burke
- Lalo Encinas
- Thomas E. Jackson
Crew
- Charles Rosher — Director of Photography
- Hanson T. Fritch — Editor
- Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
- Gene Fowler — Screenplay
- Leonard Praskins — Screenplay
More from William A. Wellman
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) — 84/100 · hit
- Yellow Sky (1948) — 83/100 · hit
- Wings (1927) — 83/100 · hit
- The Public Enemy (1931) — 81/100 · hit
- A Star Is Born (1937) — 79/100
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933) — 78/100
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