Call of the Yukon
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| Directed by | John T. Coyle (co-director) B. Reeves Eason (co-director) |
| Produced by | Armand Schaefer for Republic Pictures |
| Written by | James Oliver Curwood (novel Swift Lightning) Gertrude Orr (screenplay) Bill Peet (screenplay) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Alberto Colombo |
| Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
| Edited by | Howard O'Neill |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Call of the Yukon is a 1938 American action/adventure film produced and released by Republic Pictures, directed by John T. Coyle and B. Reeves Eason and starring Richard Arlen and Beverly Roberts. The film features extensive Alaskan location shooting by Norman Dawn who shot several films there. The film is based on the 1926 novel Swift Lightning A Story Of Wildlife Adventure In The Frozen North by Northern genre writer James Oliver Curwood. The film's working titles were Thunder in Alaska and Swift Lightning[1]
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Plot
Adventuring author Jean Williams is living in the wilds of Alaska alongside the Eskimo people gathering material for her novel. She befriends several animals who become her loyal friends such as a pair of bear cubs whose mother has been killed by hunter Gaston Rogers, a talking raven and the bereaved collie Firefly who will not leave the grave of her master, a game warden killed in the line of duty.
The community is imperiled by a pack of wolves and wild dogs led by a wild dog called Swift Lightning who are killing all the reindeer. With the supply of fresh meat gone, the Eskimos are migrating to lands with more food. Hunter Gaston agrees to take Jean to Nenana, Alaska along with his furs by dog sled. Jean, who despises Gaston as being more savage and blood thirsty than the four legged predators is followed by her loyal animals.
The pair face attacks by wolves, an avalanche and being trapped on a river whose ice floes are melting.
Cast
- Richard Arlen as Gaston Rogers
- Beverly Roberts as Jean Williams
- Lyle Talbot as Hugo Henderson
- Mala as Olee John
- Garry Owen as Conner
- Ivan Miller as O'Malley
- Billy Dooley as Watchman
- Al St. John as Joe
- Swift Lightning
- Firefly the Collie
- Buck, The St. Bernard
- Toughie the Bear
- Roughie the Bear
- Winkey the Talking Raven
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Call of the Yukon at IMDb
- Call of the Yukon is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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- 1930s adventure films
- Black-and-white films
- Republic Pictures films
- Films directed by B. Reeves Eason
- Films set in Alaska
- Films shot in Alaska
- Films directed by Norman Dawn
- American adventure films
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