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Jack London (1943)

1943 · Feature film · 91 min · dir. Alfred Santell

He is a man!

  • Drama
  • biographical film
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Synopsis

Episodes in the novelist's life: In 1890, young Jack London quits a cannery job to try oyster piracy. Later, he signs on for a sealing voyage, tries Yukon prospecting and a brief university career, loving and leaving women along the way. Instead of riches, he gets story ideas. Suddenly, he finds success and a delectable lady; but the urge to adventure won't let him go.

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Details

Director
Alfred Santell
Writer
Ernest Pascal
Composer
Freddie Rich
Cinematography
John W. Boyle
Studio
Samuel Bronston Productions
Released
1943-12-24
Running time
91 minutes

Cast & crew

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · More of a Cultural Document of the Times · WINSTON SMITH3353 · 2013-03-12

Yeah, what picfixer below said. This is a Cultural Document of the times in which it was filmed than anythimg else. It is hardly a biography of Jack London. In the intro to this 1945 film, he is called a Great American. Less than 4 years later he was condemned as a commie-socialist-pinko, which he admittedly was -- but not in those terms -- and his books were removed from many libraries and schools. C'mon, man. It opens with Jack, a factory worker in the 1890s, comes home after walking off his lousy, dangerous job to complain about it to his BLACK MAID? And he actually gets sympathy and…

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