Call of the Klondike

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Call of the Klondike
Call of the Klondike (1950) Poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Frank McDonald
Written by James Oliver Curwood (novel)
Charles Lang
Produced by William F. Broidy
Lindsley Parsons
Starring Kirby Grant
Anne Gwynne
Lynne Roberts
Tom Neal
Cinematography William A. Sickner
Edited by Ace Herman
Music by Edward J. Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • December 17, 1950 (1950-12-17)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Call of the Klondike is a 1950 American Northern film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Kirby Grant, Anne Gwynne, and Lynne Roberts. The film was the fourth in the series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie. [1]

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Plot

Cast

See also

Kirby Grant as Robb Webb Mountie Series

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Allentown, Pennsylvania advertisement featuring the film

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  1. Drew p.225

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