Double Feature: Kavik the Wolf Dog & The Call of the Wild

Kavik: The Wolf Dog, A magnificent Alaskan dog who leads his team to victory in the National Open Sled Dog Race, Kavik is bought by wealthy, unscrupulous businessman George Hunter, but his plane crashes en route to Seattle. Twelve-year-old Andy finds the badly wounded Kavik in the woods, nurses him back to health when no one else believes he will survive, and loves the once proud dog, who is left fearful and cowardly by the accident. The Call of the Wild: Academy Award winner Charlton Heston (Ben-Hur) heads an international cast as the classic novel by Jack London, famed author of The Sea Wolf and White Fang. Praised by Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide for its "striking...scenery," this version of the family favorite about a dog's undying loyalty was filmed in Norway by Ken Annakin (The Swiss Family Robinson).