The Call of the Wild (1976 film)

The Call of the Wild
Genre	Adventure
Based on	The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Screenplay by	James Dickey
Directed by	Jerry Jameson
Starring	John Beck Billy Green Bush Dennis Burkley
Music by	Peter Matz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Charles W. Fries
Producer	Malcolm Stuart
Production locations	Pocahontas State Park, State Park Road, Chesterfield, Virginia Brunswick County, Virginia
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editor	Tom Stevens
Running time	100 min.
Production company	Charles Fries Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	May 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."

Cast

• 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

External links

• The Call of the Wild at IMDb
• The Call of the Wild at the TCM Movie Database