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The Call of the Wild (1976 film)

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The Call of the Wild
GenreAdventure
Based onThe Call of the Wild
by Jack London
Screenplay byJames Dickey
Directed byJerry Jameson
StarringJohn Beck
Billy Green Bush
Dennis Burkley
Music byPeter Matz
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerCharles W. Fries
ProducerMalcolm Stuart
Production locationsPocahontas State Park, State Park Road, Chesterfield, Virginia
Brunswick County, Virginia
CinematographyMatthew F. Leonetti
EditorTom Stevens
Running time100 min.
Production companyCharles Fries Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseMay 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."[1]

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  1. ^ Dickey, Christopher (1999) [1998]. Summer of Deliverance: A Memoir of Father and Son. New York: Simon & Schuster/Touchstone. p. 197. ISBN 0-684-85537-2. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
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