Zanna Bianca (1973)

The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writers:

Guy Elmes, Roberto Gianviti,

Stars:

Franco Nero, Virna Lisi, Fernando Rey

Cast

Cast overview:
Franco Nero	...	Jason Scott
Virna Lisi	...	Sister Evangelina
Fernando Rey	...	Father Oatley
John Steiner	...	Charles 'Beauty' Smith
Missaele	...	Mitsah
Daniel Martín	...	Charlie
Raimund Harmstorf	...	Kurt Jansen
Daniele Dublino	...	Chester
Carole André	...	Krista Oatley
Rik Battaglia	...	Jim Hall
John Bartha	...	Mountie who frees Chester
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Carla Mancini	...	(credit only)
Maurice Poli	...	Mountie

Storyline

Set in 1896 in the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada follows the adventures of White Fange, a wolf dog, who aids a young Indian boy, Mitsah, as well as Jason Scott, a journalist who arrives in the small gold town of Dawson City which is run by a ruthless and greedy businessman named Beauty Smith and his gang of equally ruthless henchmen who control the town with fear to profit from the local prospectors, and it's up to Scott with the help of White Fang to clean up the town of corruption and greed.

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Plot Keywords:

dog | canada | based on novel

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Genres:

Adventure | Western

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Italy Spain France

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

September 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

White Fang

Filming Locations:

Austria

Box Office

Gross:

ESP 40,099,200 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

In-Cine Compañía Industrial Cinematográfica, Les Productions Fox Europa, Oceania Produzioni Internazionali Cinematografiche

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Challenge to White Fang (1974)

User Reviews

WHITE FANG is an exciting adventure set in Alaska during Gold Rush

This adventure movie is set in 1896 , on the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada . It has the wolf-dog named White Fang befriends an Indian boy and his father (Daniel Martin , A fistful of dollars) . Later on , the dog teams up a journalist (Franco Nero, Djanjo) along with an adventurer (Raimond Harmstorf) who arrive in the small gold town named Dawson City . There they find a priest (Fernando Rey, French Connection) , his daughter , a gorgeous saloon-girl (Carole Andre, Sandokan) and the nun Sister Evengelina (Virna Lisi, How to murder your wife) . The reporter and his faithful mate , the wolf-dog , attempt to stop the evildoer , an ambitious , snarling businessman (John Steiner, Tepepa) and hoodlum (Rik Battaglia) . They're deceiving by faking manner to the prospectors who are working in the Alaskan gold mines and to profit from them .

It's a tepid and light-hearted adventure about known and classic novel by Jack London . Lumpy blend of adventures , action , villainy , though needlessly violent and aimed to young people . The talent of diverse and wasting casting is redeemed in part for the spectacular outdoors filmed on Austrian landscapes . Weak screenplay written by Peter Werbeck or Harry Allan Towers who produced in similar premise : 'Jack London's Call of the wild (directed by Ken Annakin and starred by Charlton Heston) . Atmospheric and evocative musical score by Carlo Rustichelli . The film is rated PG-13 (Parents guide) , because containing some violent scenes about killing , a cruel fighting between bear and dog and brutal biting . The motion picture is regularly directed by Lucio Fulci , a famous expert in gore and splatter (N.Y ripper , House outside cemetery , City of the Living dead) . Followed by an inferior sequel ¨The return of White Fang¨ (Fulci , 1974) with similar characters and actors . Other adaptations about Jack London's classic are : ¨White Fang(1991¨ by Randal Kleiser with Ethan Kawke as young prospector and Klaus Maria Brandauer and ¨The return of White Fang(1994¨ by Ken Olin with Scott Bairstow and once again Ethan Hawke .