This is family fare for the kind of family that thinks The Waltons is high drama. Jack London's ferocious story about the half-wolf in the Klondike is tamed, Lassie-style, with most of the savagery squeezed out. Ethan Hawke plays the young gold prospector who seeks to establish a prosperous claim, with the help of dubious partners Klaus Maria Brandauer and Seymour Cassel. It's a bit of a letdown for the previously Oscar-nominated Brandauer, but he makes the most of his minor role.

Jack London's classic adventure story about the friendship developed between a Yukon gold hunter and the mixed dog-wolf he rescues from the hands of a man who mistreats him.