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Status
Released
Release
1997
Runtime
1h 31m
Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and relates to his situation. Although the two are bonded, Buck yearns to run free with the wild dogs in the wilderness.
16 Cast Members
Rutger Hauer
John Thornton
Richard Dreyfuss
Narrator (voice)
Raymond Ducasse
Judge Miller
Eric Hoziel
The Kidnapper
Deano Clavet
The Baggage Man
Barry Blake
The Man in the Red Sweater
Luc Morissette
M. Perrault
Robert-Pierre Côté
François
Bernard Ranger
The Government Clerk
Burke Lawrence
Charles
Bronwen Booth
Mercedes
Howard Rosenstein
The Savvy Prospector #1
Michel Perron
The Savvy Prospector #2
John Dunn-Hill
Hans
Christopher Heyerdahl
Fellow Gambler #2
Charles Edwin Powell
Hal
