Jack London (film)
| Jack London | |
|---|---|
William H. Ziegler | |
| Music by | Fredric Efrem Rich |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | December 24, 1943 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | over $900,000[1] |
Jack London, also known as The Story of Jack London, is a 1943 American biographical film made by Samuel Bronston Productions and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by Alfred Santell and produced by Samuel Bronston with Joseph H. Nadel as associate producer, from a screenplay by Isaac Don Levine and Ernest Pascal based on the 1921 book The Book of Jack London by London's second wife, Charmian London.
The film starred Michael O'Shea as Jack London and Susan Hayward with Osa Massen, Harry Davenport, Frank Craven and Virginia Mayo.
Plot
The film follows scenes from the life of the writer-adventurer Jack London (
Despite a promise not to leave Charmian again, London is given another foreign correspondent assignment, this time to Japan, where he is told of the start of the Russo-Japanese War. In Korea, an army captain reveals the Japanese aim to sack Manchuria and then Mongolia for raw materials as part of a long-term plan to conquer China, and then dominate the US and England. London's coverage of the taking of the Yalu River proves a scoop. However, he is arrested on charges of spying for Russia, and in a brutal prison witnesses the murder of his fellow inmates by the Japanese, who are portrayed as barbaric. Eventually, London is freed after the intervention of the White House. Back in the US, London attempts but fails to sell articles attesting to his view that there is a coming threat from Japan.
Cast
- Michael O'Shea as Jack London
- Charmian Kittredge
- Osa Massen as Freda Maloof
- Harry Davenport as Prof. Hilliard
- Frank Craven as Old Tom
- Virginia Mayo as Marnie
- Ralph Morgan as George Brett
- Jonathan Hale as Kerwin Maxwell
- Louise Beavers as Maurray Jeremy
- Leonard Strong as Captain Tanaka
- Regis Toomey as Scratch Nelson
- Paul Hurst as 'Lucky Luke' Lannigan
- Lumsden Hare as English Correspondent
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Mike, Saloonkeeper
- Conway Morgan as Richard Harding Davos
- Robert Homans as Captain Allen
- Wallis Clark as Theodore Roosevelt (uncredited)
- Pierre Watkin as American Consul (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Stabilize UA". Variety. 14 June 1944. p. 21.
External links
- Jack London at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Jack London at IMDb
- Jack London is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Jack London at AllMovie
