Call of the Wild

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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.

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Director

William A. Wellman

Director

Cast

Clark Gable

Jack Thornton

Loretta Young

Claire Blake

Jack Oakie

'Shorty' Hoolihan

Reginald Owen

Mr. Smith

Frank Conroy

John Blake

Katherine DeMille

Marie

Sidney Toler

Joe Groggins

James Burke

Ole

Lalo Encinas

Kali

Thomas E. Jackson

'Tex' Rickard

Russ Powell

Bartender

Herman Bing

Sam

George MacQuarrie

Mounted Policeman

Buck

Buck

Leon Beaumon

Man Outside Hospital (uncredited)

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