Call of the Blood (1948 film)

Call of the Blood
John Justin and Kay Hammond
Directed byJohn Clements
Ladislao Vajda
Written byBasil Mason
Fabrizio Sarazani
Ákos Tolnay
John Clements
Based onThe Call of the Blood
by Robert Hichens
Produced bySteven Pallos
John Stafford
StarringJohn Clements
Kay Hammond
John Justin
Hilton Edwards
CinematographyUbaldo Arata
Wilkie Cooper
Edited byCarmen Beliaeff
Music byLudovico Lunghi
Production
companies
British Lion
F.I.A.I.
Distributed byBritish Lion (UK)
Release date
  • 12 February 1948 (1948-02-12)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesItaly
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£66,295
Box office£45,713 (UK as at 30 June 1949)

Call of the Blood (also known as Il Richiamo Del Sangue) is a 1948 British-Italian drama film directed by John Clements and Ladislao Vajda and starring Clements, Kay Hammond and John Justin. It was written by Basil Mason, Fabrizio Sarazani, Ákos Tolnay and Clements based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Robert Hichens.