Jack LondonFilmography

The Sea Wolf

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Sebastian Koch, Tim Roth, Neve Campbell, Andrew Jackson

Synopsis: Sebastian Koch stars as Jack London's tough but philosophical sea captain in this two-part made for television mini-series scripted by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I) and directed by Mike Barker (Shattered). Set in the year 1900, the story gets underway as hardened captain Wolf Larsen rescues Read More

Moon Face

Crew: Book Author

Zheleznaya Pyata Oligarkhij

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Alexander Bashirov, Rita Margo, Elena Yudanova, Inna Volkova, Irina Sharovatova

Synopsis: Jack London's The Iron Heel inspired this Russian political comedy-drama set in St. Petersburg where unemployed communist Nikolai Petrovich (writer-director Alexander Bashirov) lectures dock workers on the evils of capitalism, sits around in a tiny bar, and escorts women to his one-room apartment Read More

Call of the Wild

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Rutger Hauer

Synopsis: Richard Dreyfuss narrates this made-for-cable adaptation of the classic novel by Jack London. This particular version of the tale has been hailed as one of the most accurate dramatic presentations of London's work. The story tells the exciting and often brutal tale of Buck, a dog who is stolen Read More

The Sea Wolf

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Charles Bronson

Synopsis: This is a '90s version of the classic Jack London story about the steel-willed captain of a seal-hunting ship who wrangles with a rough-neck crew. Charles Bronson plays Captain Wolf Larsen. Some of the sea scenes were actually taken from the 1941 version of the tale (with Edward G. Robinson) and Read More

Call of the Wild

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: This version of Jack London's classic adventure was made for television and stars Rick Schroder as the inexperienced young prospector who heads northward for the Klondike gold-rush of 1897. While in the rugged territory he becomes friends with Buck, a courageous German Shepherd being used as a Read More

White Fang

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ethan Hawke, Seymour Cassel, Susan Hogan, James Remar

Synopsis: In Randal Kleiser's entertaining adaptation of Jack London's classic novel White Fang, Ethan Hawke plays Jack Conroy, a young man who travels to Alaska with the intent of finding his father's lost gold mine. During the course of his travels, he's accompanied by a big white wolf that he rescued Read More

The Call of the Wild

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: This animated adventure, based on the novel by Jack London, follows the friendship between a young boy and his dog in 19th-century Alaska. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

White Fang and the Hunter

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: Courageous Alaskan canine White Fang and David, his fur-trapping master are beset by wolves and later help save a widow who is being forced to marry a man she despises. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Call of the Wild

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: Jack London's classic canine adventure forms the basis of this animated film that follows the exploits of a kidnapped dog who finds himself pulling a sled in Alaska. As the dog adjusts he suddenly finds himself torn between his wilder instincts and loyalty to his kindly master. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

Tales of the Klondike: The Unexpected

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: In this exciting adventure, five Alaskan prospectors strike it rich and end up paying a terrible price for their avarice. The tale is taken from a story by Jack London. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Tales of the Klondike: In a Far Country

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: In this exciting Gold Rush adventure, the trials, tribulations and joys experienced by sourdoughs in the Canadian Yukon are chronicled. The tale is taken from a Jack London story. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Tales of the Klondike: The Scorn of Women

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: In this Gold Rush adventure, all the lonely, single women in Dawson City, Alaska begin pursuing the town's newest arrival--an eligible bachelor. The tale is taken from a Jack London story. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Tales of the Klondike: Race for Number One

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: In this Gold Rush adventure, two men race their sleds and dogs across the frozen North in hopes of being the first to reach a parcel of land filled with gold. The tale is based on a Jack London story. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Call of the Wild

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: John Beck

Synopsis: Unlike the 1935 film version of Jack London's 1897 novel Call of the Wild, which devoted most of its running time to a romance between Clark Gable and Loretta Young, this 1976 TV-movie version wisely remains faithful to the source. The star is a magnificent dog--part St. Bernard, part German Read More

The Great Adventure

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: The real name of director "Paul Elliotts" is Gianfranco Baldanetto, indication enough that The Great Adventure is not a Hollywood product. Adapted from a story by Jack London, the film features Fred Romer (aka Fernando Romero) as a young boy exploring the wilds of Alaska in the company of a large Read More

Legend of the Sea Wolf

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Chuck Connors

Synopsis: In this exciting adaptation of Jack London's novel The Sea Wolf a brutal and mad sea captain terrorizes his crew. He rescues the wealthy survivor of a shipwreck and forces the fellow to join his crew. After observing and taking considerable abuse from the cruel captain, the young man stages a Read More

Cry of the Black Wolves

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Ron Ely

Synopsis: Ron Ely, of Tarzan fame, stars in this German action adventure, adapted from Jack London's novel, The Son of the Wolf. This movie has lots of derring-do, fistfights and gunfights: all the traditional paraphernalia of a western. That is to be expected from the folks who brought many of the novels Read More

Call of the Wild

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Charlton Heston, Raimund Harmstorf, Michele Mercier, George Eastman, Sancho Gracia

Synopsis: Director Ken Annakin and an international cast including Charlton Heston and George Eastman try to breath life into Jack London's often-filmed wilderness adventure. The story follows the adventures of John Thornton (Heston) and Pete (Raimund Harmstorf) as they brawl their way through the Alaskan Read More

The Assassination Bureau

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: The Assassination Bureau is loosely based on a turn-of-the-century yarn written by Jack London. Nellie Bly-style girl reporter Sonya Winter (Diana Rigg) tries to get the goods on shady businessman Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed). Ivan is in charge of a wide-reaching organization which, for a price Read More

Wolf Larsen

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Barry Sullivan, Peter Graves, Gita Hall, Thayer David, John Alderson

Synopsis: Legend of the Sea Wolf is the alternate title of two separate film versions of Jack London's allegorical The Sea Wolf. The first of the two, released in 1958, was originally titled Wolf Larsen. Barry Sullivan stars as the brutal captain of a scavenger ship, who rides his men mercilessly and Read More

Meksikanets

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Oleg Strizhenov, Boris Andreyev, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Vladimir Dorofeyev

Synopsis: Its title notwithstanding, The Mexican was filmed and released in Russia. The screenplay is based on a story by Jack London, an American author much admired in the Soviet Union. The title character, played by Oleg Strizhenov, is the spokesman for a group of Mexican revolutionaries. Hiding out in Read More

Captain David Grief [TV Series]

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Maxwell Reed, Tudor Owen, Mickey Simpson, Mel Prestidge

Tales of Adventure

Crew: Book Author

Synopsis: This adventure video is comprised of three TV pilots based on Jack London's stories. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Fighter

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Richard Conte, Vanessa Brown, Lee J. Cobb, Frank Silvera, Roberta Haynes

Synopsis: Based on The Mexican, a novel by Jack London, this is the story of a young man whose family, girlfriend and village were destroyed by the forces of a ruthless dictator. When he joins the revolutionaries who are seeking his overthrow, he finds that his boxing abilities are perhaps a means for him Read More

Alaska

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: This '40s film (based upon a Jack London story) is set in Alaska's gold rush days and revolves around the dilemma faced by a man wrongfully accused of murder whose future depends upon his ability to solve the crime. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

North to the Klondike

Crew: Book Author, Short Story Author

Actors: Broderick Crawford, Evelyn Ankers, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney, Jr., Lloyd Corrigan

Synopsis: It was an open secret in Hollywood that bosom buddies (and fellow Universal contractees) Broderick Crawford and Lon Chaney Jr. usually spent their weekend drunkenly punching one another out. Evidently Universal hoped to harness this pugnacity for box-offices purposes, which may be why North to the Read More

The Adventures of Martin Eden

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin, Dickie Moore

Synopsis: Glenn Ford plays Martin Eden, an aspiring writer who signs on a merchant ship as a sailor. Tormented by the ship's sadistic captain (Ian McDonald), Eden survives the voyage, determined to write an expose of his horrible experiences. At first opposed by the maritime authorities, Martin's book Read More

Sign of the Wolf

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Michael Whalen, Grace Bradley, Darryl Hickman, Mantan Moreland, Louise Beavers

Synopsis: In this drama, a young woman shows two dogs at the championship competition at Madison Square Garden and when the two dogs get into a fight, they are both disqualified. The girl decides that she cannot keep them both and decides to sell her least favorite. Unfortunately, her servant loves that dog Read More

The Sea Wolf

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox, Gene Lockhart

Synopsis: The fifth film version of Jack London's The Sea Wolf stars Edward G. Robinson as "premature fascist" Wolf Larsen. The captain of the scavenger ship Ghost, Larsen is a heartless tyrant who can tolerate no sign of weakness in anyone. "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" is Larsen's Read More

Queen of the Yukon

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Charles Bickford, Irene Rich, George Cleveland, Guy Usher

Synopsis: This adventure is based on Jack London's tale of a Northwestern woman who owns a riverboat who sends her daughter to boarding school and then discovers that she cannot afford to be reunited with her. In desperation, she sells the boat to a wealthy mine owner. This results in the independent miners Read More

The Girl from Mexico

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Lupe Velez, Donald Woods, Leon Errol, Linda Hayes, Donald MacBride

Synopsis: The titular girl is Lupe Velez, a tempestuous cabaret entertainer. Donald Woods plays a staid American ad man who hires her for a New York nightclub. Woods is engaged to be married, but secretly harbors affection for Velez. The volatile Ms. Velez is less subtle, and actively campaigns for the Read More

Torture Ship

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Jacqueline Wells, Sheila Bromley, Anthony Averill

Synopsis: Torture Ship is a strange amalgam of crime thriller and horror chiller that can't quite make up its mind what it wants to be. Irving Pichel plays Dr. Herbert Stander, a well-meaning physician who becomes a little too much the single-minded visionary. Convinced that criminality is a result of a Read More

Wolf Call

Crew: Book Author

Actors: John Carroll, Movita, Peter George Lynn, Guy Usher, Holmes Herbert

Synopsis: Based on a story by Jack London, this film follows the adventures of young Michael Vance (John Carroll) as he travels with his faithful dog to check out the value of a family mine. As they travel north, John meets a beautiful Indian girl (Movita) and his canine companion joins up with a pack of Read More

Romance of the Redwoods

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Charles Bickford, Jean Parker, Al Bridge, Gordon Oliver, Ann Shoemaker

Synopsis: Set in a northern California logging community the trouble in this western begins when a lumberjack is killed while sawing down a tree. No one believes it was accidental as everyone is aware that the deceased had just stolen the heart of his partner's girl. Unfortunately, the partner, while Read More

Conflict

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: John Wayne, Jean Rogers, Tommy Bupp, Eddie Borden, Frank Sheridan

Synopsis: Another entry from John Wayne's non-western series at Universal, Conflict casts Wayne as Pat, a bare-knuckle boxer in turn-of-the-century New York. Not the most honest of pugilists, Pat reforms for the sake of an orphaned kid named Tommy (Tommy Bupp), whom he has saved from drowning. He sets out Read More

The Mutiny on the Elsinore

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Paul Lukas, Lyn Harding, Kathleen Kelly, Clifford Evans

Synopsis: Erudite novelist Jack Pathurst (Paul Lukas) happens to be a passenger of the sailing ship Elsinore when a mutiny breaks out. The first casualty is Captain Weston (Conway Dixon), followed by the first mate. With practically no one else of intelligence left standing, Pathurst assumes command of the Read More

White Fang

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Michael Whalen, Jean Muir, George "Slim" Summerville, Charles Winninger, John Carradine, Jane Darwell

Synopsis: Based on Jack London's famous story of the same name, White Fang was first filmed in 1925. It is set in the Gold Rush era in Alaska and the Yukon. Sylvia Burgess (Jean Muir) is traveling with her brother Hal (Thomas Beck) to a gold mine that they have inherited from their father. Their guide is Read More

The Call of the Wild

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Frank Conroy, Reginald Owen

Synopsis: The third screen version of Jack London's classic adventure story was also the first with sound, and it toyed with the original story a bit to add a love interest for leading man Clark Gable. Jack Thornton (Gable) is a would-be prospector who has headed to Alaska hoping to cash in on the gold Read More

The Sea Wolf

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Milton Sills, Jane Keith, Raymond Hackett, Mitchell Harris, Nat Pendleton

Synopsis: Despite his precarious health, silent film idol Milton Sills insisted upon tackling one of the most challenging roles of his career in the 1930 talkie The Sea Wolf. Based on the novel by Jack London, the film stars Sills as the psychotic Wolf Larsen, captain of the bad ship Ghost. In the original Read More

Devil's Skipper

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Belle Bennett, Montagu Love, Cullen Landis, Mary McAlister, Gino Corrado

Synopsis: The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas. Though her crews constantly threaten to mutiny, "The Devil Skipper" Read More

Burning Daylight

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Jack McDonald

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Jack London, Burning Daylight was the first of Milton Sills' four 1928 vehicles. Sills stars as an Alaskan real estate speculator known to friends and foes alike as "Burning Daylight." After making a fortune in the Yukon, the hero loses it all to crooked stock manipulators in Read More

Prowlers of the Sea

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Ricardo Cortez, Carmel Myers, George Fawcett

Stormy Waters

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Eve Southern, Roy Stewart, Shirley Palmer

Haunted Ship

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Dorothy Sebastian, Montagu Love, Tom Santschi, Ray Hallor, Alice Lake

Synopsis: The Haunted Ship was adapted from the Jack London story White and Yellow. Villainous schooner captain Montague Love casts his wife and son adrift on a raft, convinced that his wife Alice Lake has been unfaithful with first mate Tom Santschi. For the next fifteen years, Love makes life hell for the Read More

Morganson's Finish

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Anita Stewart, Johnnie Walker, Mahlon Hamilton, Victor Potel

Synopsis: Morganson's Finish was inspired by the Jack London story of the same name. The hero, Dick Gilbert (Johnnie Walker), is in love with wealthy Barbara Wesley (Anita Stewart), but he is disgraced in her eyes through the underhanded machinations of his rival Dan Morganson (Mahlon Hamilton). With Read More

Adventure

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Tom Moore, Pauline Starke, Wallace Beery, Raymond Hatton, Walter McGrail

Synopsis: Adventure was an appropriate title for a book by Jack London, and when his tale of the South Seas was made into a film, the virile Victor Fleming was the right man to direct it. David Shelton, a plantation owner (Tom Moore), is faced with ruin because some of his native workers are sick and the Read More

The Call of the Wild

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Jack Mulhall, Walter Long

Synopsis: Buck the Saint Bernard gets top billing in this adaptation of the novel by Jack London, and he earns it -- his performance eclipses that of such well-known actors as Jack Mulhall and Walter Long. As a puppy, Buck is a Christmas gift to a group of children. But after growing up in a loving home, he Read More

The Son of the Wolf

Crew: Short Story Author

Actors: Wheeler Oakman, Edith Roberts, Sam Allen, Ashley Cooper, Fred Kohler

Synopsis: Edith Roberts improbably stars as an Indian maiden in this Northwoods drama, based on the story by Jack London. Prospector Scruff Mackenzie (Wheeler Oakman) prepares a camp for his future wife -- whoever she may be. He falls in love with Chook-Ra (Roberts), an Indian girl who is the ward of Father Read More

An Odyssey of the North

Crew: Short Story Author

Synopsis: Early silent filmmaker Hobart Bosworth both directed and starred in this drama of the frozen north. Not surprisingly, it is based on a story by Jack London, but it's more of a character study than an action tale. Naass (Bosworth) is the last surviving member of a family of northern sailors. He has Read More

The Sea Wolf

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jack London

Synopsis: This first film version of Jack London's The Sea Wolf starred Hobart Bosworth (who also produced and directed the picture) as the tyrannical Wolf Larsen. Subscribing to the philosophy set forth by Satan in John Milton's Paradise Lost -- "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" -- Larsen Read More