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Jack London

Name: Jack London
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Released: 1943-12-24
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.1

★ 6,1 /10 (10 Votes)

1943 EN 94 min

Overview

The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).

Stream

Release date

24/12/1943

Votes

Popularity

1.0

He is a man!

Genres

Drama Adventure

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

94 min

Michael O'Shea

Jack London

Susan Hayward

Charmian Kittredge

Osa Massen

Freda Maloof

Harry Davenport

Prof. Hilliard

Frank Craven

Old Tom

Virginia Mayo

Mamie

Ralph Morgan

George Brett

Jonathan Hale

Kerwin Maxwell

Edward Earle

James Hare

Morgan Conway

Richard Harding Davis

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Where was John Barleycorn? What of white logic? Refracting his life through an evangelism prism, rousing support for upcoming war in Pacific reflects its time. Nope, hard pass

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There can be no doubt that American writer Jack London lived an exciting life, but somehow this rather drab adaptation really does nothing to convey that on film. It doesn’t help that someone thought that casting Michael O’Shea in the title role was a good idea. For much of it, I thought he was a sort of Van Heflin-light as the overly episodic drama of his life unfolds. We start with him involved in a shoot out with the cops over some dodgy oyster fishing and then follow him around the globe, garnering writing success as he travels. He even gets to the war-torn sites of the Russo-Japanese conf…

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