Call of the Forest | |
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Directed by | John F. Link |
Screenplay by | Craig Burns |
Produced by | Edward Finney |
Starring | Robert Lowery Ken Curtis Chief Thundercloud Black Diamond Charlie Hughes |
Cinematography | Karl Struss (as Karl O. Struss) |
Edited by | Asa Boyd Clark |
Music by | Karl Hajos |
Production company | Edward F. Finney Productions |
Distributed by | Screen Guild Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Call of the Forest is a 1949 American Western film directed by John F. Link and starring Robert Lowery, Ken Curtis, Chief Thundercloud, Black Diamond and Charlie Hughes. It was also known as The Flaming Forest and Untamed.
The Los Angeles Times reviewer thought it "seemed to be cramming all the outdoors pictures ever made into one". [1]
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