Own the rights?
This adventures movie is set in 1896, in 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 the dog teams up a journalist(Franco Nero, Djanjo)along with an adventurer(Raimond Harmstorf) who arrive to 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 of 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 starring Charlton Heston) . Atmospheric and evocative musical score by Carlo Rustichelli. The film is rated PG-13 (Parents guide), because contains 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. Another adaptations about Jack London 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.
You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.
