Call of the Yukon | |
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Directed by | John T. Coyle (co-director) B. Reeves Eason (co-director) |
Written by | James Oliver Curwood (novel Swift Lightning) Gertrude Orr (screenplay) William Bartlett (screenplay) |
Produced by | Armand Schaefer for Republic Pictures |
Starring | Richard Arlen Beverly Roberts Lyle Talbot |
Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
Edited by | Howard O'Neill |
Music by | Alberto Colombo |
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Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.[1]