50th anniversary of the premier of “White Fang”

 

Today marks the 50^th anniversary of the premier of “White Fang”. Directed by Lucio Fulci it stars Franco Nero, Virna Lisi John Steiner and Fernando Rey. The film is set in 1896 in the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada it follows the adventures of a wolf dog named White Fang, who helps a young Indian boy, Mitsah (Missaele) as well as a reporter Jason Scott (Franco Nero), who arrive in the small gold town of Dawson City. The town is run by a ruthless and greedy businessman named Beauty Smith (John Steiner) and his gang of equally ruthless henchmen who control the town with fear who profit from the local prospectors. Scott with the help of a fur trapper, a nun, Mitsah and most of all White Fang cleans up the town of corruption and greed.

 

Zanna Bianca – Italian title

Colmillo Blanco – Spanish title

Croc-blanc – French title

Caninos Brancos – Brazilian title

Croc Blanc, o Cão Lobo – Finnish title

Valkoiset torahampaat – Finnish title

Susikoira – Finnish title

Jack London: Wolfsblut – German title

Wolfsblut – German title

O aspros lykos – Greek title

Fehér Agyar – Hungarian title

Croc Blanc, o Cão Lobo – Portuguese title

Varghunden – Swedish title

Kurt Soyu – Turkish title

Izazov belle sape - ? title

White Fang – English title

 

A 1973 Italian, Spanish, French film co-production [Oceana (Rome), Incine (Madrid),

     Fox Europa (Paris)]

Producers: Harry Alan Towers, Ermano Donati, Giulio Sbarigia

Director: Lucio Fulci

Story: White Fang by Jack London (John Chaney)

Screenplay: Guy Elmes, Roberto Gianviti, Thom Keyes (Thomas Keyes), Piero Regnoli,

     Guillaume Roux

Dialogue:  Peter Wellbeck (Harry Alan Towers) [English]

Cinematography: Erico Menczer (Eric Menczer), Pablo Ripoll [Eastmancolor,

     widescreen]

Music: Carlo Rustichelli

     Song: “Oh Johnny” sung by Carole André (Carol Smith)

Running time: 105 minutes

 

Cast:

Jason Scott – Franco Nero (Franco Sparanero)

Sister Evangelina – Virna Lisi (Virna Lisi)

Father Oatley – Fernando Rey (Fernando Arambillet)

Charles ‘Beauty’ Smith – John Steiner

Mitsah – Missaele

Carter - Romano Moraschini

Charlie – Daniel Martin (José Martínez)

Kurt Johnson/Curt Johnson – Raimund Harmstorf

Chester – Daniele Dublino

Jake – Alfonso Gigante

Krista Oatley – Carole André (Carole Smith)

Jim Hall – Rik Battaglia (Caterina Bertaglia)

Mounties – John Bartha (Janos Barta), Renzo Pevarello, Maurice Poli

Daisy – Carla Mancini

Pianist – Mirko Baiocchi

Bartender - Giulio Massimini

Saloon patrons – Nando Sarrlo (Alfonso Sarlo), Silvio Klein, Aldo Formisano, Luigi

     Tasca, Vincenzo De Palo, Decio Gambini, Rolando De Santis, Augusto Innocenzi,

     Fausto Beffa, Angelo Boscariol

Fiddle player – Franco Persichetti

Crockway witness – Luigi Antonio Guerra

Saloon patrons – Osiride Pevarello, Massimo Ciprari, Romano Targa, Tony Casale (Antonio Casale), Quinto Marziali, Maurizio Streccioni, Ruggero Rosi