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The Call of the Wild

1972 · 100 min

A rugged, old-fashioned adventure that pits man and dog against a merciless frozen wilderness, earnest and occasionally grim.

Tagline
Sweeping action-adventure.. against the perils of the frozen north!
Overview
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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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • friendship
  • loyalty
  • nature
  • grief
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, family, western
Directed by
Ken Annakin
Written by
Federico De Urrutia, Harry Alan Towers, Wyn Wells, Peter Yeldham
Starring
Charlton Heston, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman, Maria Rohm, Juan Luis Galiardo, Sancho Gracia, Friedhelm Lehmann, Horst Heuck
Music
Carlo Rustichelli
Cinematography
John Cabrera
Runtime
100 min
Country
Germany, France, Spain, Italy
Languages
English

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