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Call of the Yukon (1938)

Call of the Yukon poster
Original title
Call of The Yukon
Directed by
B. Reeves Eason
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman face dangers and harsh conditions in the Alaskan wilderness. They must survive wild animals and the elements while contending with a rival who wants to harm them.

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What happens

Call of the Yukon is a 1938 American action adventure film produced and released by Republic Pictures, directed by John T. Coyle and B. Reeves Eason and starring Richard Arlen, Beverly Roberts and Lyle Talbot. The film features extensive Alaskan location shooting by Norman Dawn who shot several films there. The film is based on the 1926 novel Swift Lightning A Story Of Wildlife Adventure In The Frozen North by Northern genre writer James Oliver Curwood. The film's working titles were Thunder in Alaska and Swift Lightning. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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