Wild Geese Calling
All the thundering drama, romance of the best-selling novel!
1941 | 77m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | John Brahm |
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| Writer: | Horace McCoy, Stewart Edward White |
| Staring: |
| In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with his best friend Blackie. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 15, 1941 |
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| Director: | John Brahm |
| Writer: | Horace McCoy, Stewart Edward White |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | alaska, lumberjack |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Henry Fonda | John Murdock |
| Joan Bennett | Sally Murdock |
| Warren William | Blackie Bedford |
| Ona Munson | Clarabella |
| Barton MacLane | Pirate Kelly |
| Russell Simpson | Marshal Len Baker |
| Iris Adrian | Mazie |
| James C. Morton | Mack |
| Mary Field | Jennie Delaney |
| Charles Middleton | Doctor Jed Sloan |
| Paul Sutton | Manager |
| Stanley Andrews | Delaney |
| Grey Shadow | Jake, the dog |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Horace McCoy | Writer |
| Stewart Edward White | Novel |
| Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Albert Hogsett | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| John Brahm | Director |
| Lucien Ballard | Director of Photography |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Harry Joe Brown | Producer |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
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Trending Position
Henry Fonda ("Murdock") heads to Alaska in search of gold. He arrives and is soon dewy-eyed for "Sally" (Joan Bennett). A whirlwind romance ensues and they quickly marry. All looks good until his pal "Blackie" (Warren William) arrives and it seems his new wife and his pal have a bit of a past. What ... now follows is a fairly procedural love triangle story. The rather spineless "Murdock" jumps to all sorts of conclusions fuelled by little more than gossip and his own ignorance and his (now pregnant) wife seems to be harshly judged by all concerned on no basis of evidence. The ending is never in doubt, but the road to it is all just a bit contrived with little plausibility in a story that might have worked better on a stage with a more accomplished theatrical cast. Watchable, but forgettable