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| The Call of the Wild | |
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| 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 |
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]
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