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The Call of the Wild (1972)

Film · 1972 · 100 min · PG · Adventure · Drama · Family

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

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.

Directed by Ken Annakin

Starring Charlton Heston, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman, Maria Rohm, Juan Luis Galiardo, Sancho Gracia, Friedhelm Lehmann, Horst Heuck

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In cinemas17 March 1975
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First release anywhere30 November 1972

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