Academy Awards, USA 1945
| Nominated Oscar | Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Freddie Rich |
United Artists
Directed by Alfred Santell
My rating; 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
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Episodic account of the formative years of American writer Jack London. We follow him across the seas to hunt seals or to the Yukon to find gold, all the while taking notes for his famous novels. He eventually falls in love with Susan Hayward, who indulges in his world-trotting escapades. Michael O'Shea is miscast as the masculine hero of these adventures, instead appearing timid and restrained. Still, the final chapter in Japan does contain a harrowing massacre scene, even if it does go too far in the demonizing of the enemy.
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