
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
Cast

Clark Gable
Jack Thornton

Loretta Young
Claire Blake

Jack Oakie
'Shorty' Hoolihan

Reginald Owen
Mr. Smith

Frank Conroy
John Blake

Katherine DeMille
Marie

Sidney Toler
Joe Groggins

James Burke
Ole
Lalo Encinas
Kali

Thomas E. Jackson
'Tex' Rickard

Russ Powell
Bartender

Herman Bing
Sam

George MacQuarrie
Mounted Policeman

Buck
Buck

Leon Beaumon
Man Outside Hospital (uncredited)

Wade Boteler
First Miner in Dawson (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Dandy on Street (uncredited)

Kay Johnson
Show Girl (uncredited)

Joan Woodbury
Show Girl (uncredited)

Harry Woods
Soapy Smith (uncredited)

Charles Stevens
Francois
Crew

William A. Wellman
Director
Leonard Praskins
Screenplay
Gene Fowler
Screenplay

Jack London
Story
Hanson T. Fritch
Editor

Charles Rosher
Director of Photography
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Roy Clark
Camera Operator
Robert Webb
Casting
Omar Kiam
Costume Design
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound Engineer
Jack Noyes
Sound Engineer

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
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