White Fang (1973 film)

White Fang (Italian: Zanna Bianca) is a 1973 Italian Northern adventure film directed by Lucio Fulci and produced by Harry Alan Towers, starring Franco Nero, Fernando Rey and Virna Lisi. The screenplay by Roberto Gianviti was based on Jack London's 1906 novel White Fang. The film was part of a trend of European Northwesterns inspired during the 1970s by Call of the Wild (1972), which was a surprise hit in Italy. Two German productions in this trend were Hellhounds of Alaska and Cry of the Black Wolves, both directed by Harald Reinl. The film gained great commercial success and generated an official sequel, Challenge to White Fang (1974) as well as several derivative films, including White Fang to the Rescue (1974) and White Fang and the Hunter (1975).