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The Call of the Wild
Call of the Wild 1993
Directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Produced by Alan Jacobs
Written by Christopher Lofton
Music Lee Holdridge
Starring Ricky Schroder

Gordon Tootoosis
Duncan Fraser
Richard Newman
Brent Stait
Mia Sara

Distributed by
Release date 25 April 1993
Budget
Running time 95 minutes


The Call of the Wild is a 1993 movie. The screenplay by Christopher Lofton is based on the classic Jack London novel The Call of the Wild, published in 1903. starring Ricky Schroder , Gordon Tootoosis and Mia Sara.

Sumarry[]

A young boy heads off to the Yukon after hearing tales about the Gold Rush, and he forms an unwavering friendship with a heroic Alsatian dog called Buck.

Story[]

Cast[]

  • Ricky Schroder - John Thorton
  • Gordon Tootoosis - Charlie
  • Duncan Fraser - Red Fiske
  • Richard Newman - Perrault
  • Brent Stait - François
  • Mia Sara - Jessie Gosselin
  • Eric McCormack - Hal
  • Kerry Sandomirsky - Mercedes
  • Tom Heaton - Asa
  • Allan Lysell - Charles
  • Vince Metcalfe - Rupert
  • Marie Stillin - Mary
  • Dayne Low - Richard
  • Peter Bibby - Casey
  • Bill Croft- Stranger
  • Ed Mitchell - Dispatcher
  • Ron Sauve - Toothless Sourdough
  • Wilf Wedding - Bearded Man
  • Gordon Wilson Harvey - Kita
  • Kim Kondrashoff - Sourdough #1
  • David Longworth - Sourdough #2
  • Roark Critchlow - Arthur
  • Andrew MacGregor - Miner
  • Dan Shea - Tall Musher
  • Matthew Walker - Matthewson
  • Buffalo Child - Yeehat Chief
  • Walter Mills - Sourdough
  • Adrien Dorval - First Handler
  • Wyatt Orr - Garraty
  • Frank C. Turner - Old Timer
  • David Wodchis - Store Clerk

Similarities and differences with book[]

  • Mercedes doesn't ride inside sledges.
  • Hal, Charles and Mercedes death is not shown on screen, John Thornton discovers their sledges and stuff later with their bodies nowhere to seen.

See Also[]

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