Wild Geese Calling

Wild Geese Calling

15/8/1941 1h 17m 5.8/10

Overview

In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with his best friend Blackie.

Director

John Brahm

Top Billed Cast

Henry Fonda

Henry Fonda

John Murdock

Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Sally Murdock

Ona Munson

Ona Munson

Clarabella

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Pirate Kelly

Warren William

Warren William

Blackie Bedford

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Marshal Len Baker

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

4/4/2022

6/10

Henry Fonda ("Murdock") heads to Alaska in search of gold. He arrives and is soon dewy-eyed for "Sally" (Joan Bennett). A whirlwind romance ensues and they quickly marry. All looks good until his pal "Blackie" (Warren William) arrives and it seems his new wife and his pal have a bit of a past. What now follows is a fairly procedural love triangle story. The rather spineless "Murdock" jumps to all sorts of conclusions fuelled by little more than gossip and his own ignorance and his (now pregnant) wife seems to be harshly judged by all concerned on no basis of evidence. The ending is never in doubt, but the road to it is all just a bit contrived with little plausibility in a story that might have worked better on a stage with a more accomplished theatrical cast. Watchable, but forgettable

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