Jack London

1943
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1h 34m

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Susan Hayward, Osa Massen, and Michael O'Shea in Jack London (1943)

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Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist (1876-1916).

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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The imaginative artwork of a shirtless Michael O'Shea in the title role bears only minimal resemblance to O'Shea himself, who, by the way, never appears shirtless at any point in the film.

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Opening credits listed in turned pages of a book.

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Jack London vs. the Yellow Peril

Beginning and ending with the launching of the battleship Jack London. This is one of numerous films made by the combatant nations during the Second World War posthumously enlisting an eminent countryman of the past in support of the present war effort.

In this case it's author Jack London who in the second half of this highly romanticised biopic, after witnessing the Japanese denying water to prisoners and machine-gunning civilians is transformed into a two-fisted action hero grimly determined to spread the word about the need to stop the continued imperial ambitions of the Land of the Rising Sun.