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    The Call of the Wild (1976 film)

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    The Call of the Wild
    GenreAdventure
    Based onThe Call of the Wild
    by Jack London
    Screenplay byJames Dickey
    Directed byJerry Jameson
    StarringJohn Beck
    Billy Green Bush
    Dennis Burkley
    Music byPeter Matz
    Country of originUnited States
    Original languageEnglish
    Production
    Executive producerCharles W. Fries
    ProducerMalcolm Stuart
    Production locationsPocahontas State Park, State Park Road, Chesterfield, Virginia
    Brunswick County, Virginia
    CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
    EditorTom Stevens
    Running time100 min.
    Production companyCharles Fries Productions
    Original release
    NetworkNBC
    ReleaseMay 22, 1976 (1976-05-22)

    The Call of the Wild is a 1976 American television film based on Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild. The film, starring John Beck, was directed by Jerry Jameson from a script by poet and novelist James Dickey. One of several adaptations of London's novel, this version was produced following the success of the 1972 film Deliverance, an adaptation of Dickey's novel of the same title. The author's son, Christopher Dickey, wrote in his 1998 memoir, Summer of Deliverance, that "[t]he Hollywood concept [for the 1976 film] was James Dickey meets Jack London; sort of Deliverance in the Klondike."[1]

    Plot

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    Cast

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    • John Beck as John Thornton
    • Bernard Fresson as François
    • John McLiam as Prospector
    • Donald Moffat as Simpson
    • Michael Pataki as Stranger
    • Penelope Windust as Rosemary
    • Billy Green Bush as Redsweater

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    1. ^ Dickey, Christopher (1999) [1998]. Summer of Deliverance: A Memoir of Father and Son. New York: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone. p. 197. ISBN 0-684-85537-2. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
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