White Fang

White Fang is a family adventure set during the Klondike gold rush of the late nineteenth century. Jack Conroy, a young man, travels to the Alaskan wilderness to claim a mining claim left to him by his father. He teams up with Alex Larson, a seasoned prospector, and Skunker, another gold hunter, for the journey into the frozen backcountry. Meanwhile, a wolf-dog pup is orphaned after a hunter kills its mother, and is taken in by a Native man before falling into harsher hands. The animal is mistreated and trained to fight, and the paths of the boy and the wolf-dog cross repeatedly before the two form a bond. A cruel trader, Beauty Smith, takes the animal, and Jack must win back its trust. The film is based on Jack London's novel.

Randal Kleiser directed the film, which sits between Big Top Pee-wee and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid in his filmography. Ethan Hawke plays Jack, with Klaus Maria Brandauer as Alex and Seymour Cassel as Skunker; James Remar appears as Beauty Smith. The screenplay is credited to Nick Thiel, Jeanne Rosenberg and David Fallon, and Marykay Powell produced. Made for about 14 million dollars, it took in roughly 35 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds 6.7/10 from around 24,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.7/10 from 681 votes, while critics rated it 5.9/10 across 22 reviews.