Wild Geese Calling
{{short description|1941 film by John Brahm}}
{{Infobox film
|name=Wild Geese Calling
|image=Wild Geese Calling poster.jpg
|director=John Brahm
|producer=Harry Joe Brown
|writer=Horace McCoy
|starring=Henry Fonda
Joan Bennett
Warren William
|music=Alfred Newman
|cinematography=Lucien Ballard
|editing=Walter Thompson
|studio=20th Century Fox
|distributor=20th Century Fox
|released={{Film date|1941|8|15}}
|runtime=77 minutes
|country=United States
|language=English
}}
Wild Geese Calling is a 1941 American drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett and Warren William. It was distributed by 20th Century-Fox.Fetrow p.577 The screenplay was written by Horace McCoy, based on a 1940 novel by Stewart Edward White set during the Alaska Gold Rush.{{Cite web|title=Wild Geese Calling|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/95836/wild-geese-calling|access-date=2020-12-15|website=Turner Classic Movies|language=en}} The music score is by Alfred Newman.
Plot
In the 1890s a lumberjack, John, travels to Alaska from Seattle in search of gold. He marries a dance hall girl named Sally, but soon finds that she was once in love with his best friend, Blackie.
Cast
- Henry Fonda as John Murdock
- Joan Bennett as Sally Murdock
- Warren William as Blackie Bedford
- Ona Munson as Clarabella
- Barton MacLane as Pirate Kelly
- Russell Simpson as Marshal Len Baker
- Iris Adrian as Mazie
- James C. Morton as Mack
- Paul Sutton as Manager
- Mary Field as Jennie Delaney
- Stanley Andrews as Delaney
- Robert Emmett Keane as Ralph - Headwaiter
- Adrian Morris as Stout Guide
- George Watts as Mush Mahoney
- Charles Middleton as Doctor Jed Sloan
- George Melford as Foreman
- Nestor Paiva as Waiter
- Joseph E. Bernard as Waiter
- Richard Alexander as Alaskan
- Jody Gilbert as Swede
References
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Bibliography
- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
- {{TCMDb title|id=95836|title=Wild Geese Calling}}
- {{IMDb title|0034393}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110520092908/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/117029/Wild-Geese-Calling/overview Wild Geese Calling] at Allmovie
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Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Alfred Newman
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films directed by John Brahm
Category:Films set in the 1890s
Category:American historical drama films
Category:1940s historical drama films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language historical drama films
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