Dick Mackey, an expert in cold-weather wildernesses and a winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, served as a technical consultant on White Fang. Bart the bear, the hero of the Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Bear (1989), makes a guest appearance as a ferocious villain. The film's producers were given a commendation by the Humane Society for their exemplary treatment of the animal actors. The film spawned a sequel, White Fang II: Myth of the White Wolf (1994). An Italian film version of London's story, White Fang and the Hunter, was produced in 1975.
Producer: Lynn Bigelow (Executive Producer), Jim Kouf (Executive Producer), Marykay Powell
Director: Randal Kleiser
Screenplay: Jeanne Rosenberg, Nick Thiel, David Fallon, from novel by Jack London
Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Original Music: Basil Poledouris, Fiachra Trench, Shirley Walker, Hans Zimmer
Production Design/Art Direction: Michael S. Bolton, Sandy Cochrane
Editing: Lisa Day
Principal Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer (Alex), Ethan Hawke (Jack), Seymour Cassel (Skunker), Susan Hogan (Belinda), James Remar (Beauty), Bill Moseley (Luke).
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by Roger Fristoe
