Wild Geese Calling

Henry Fonda quits his job. No, he tells his boss, he's not going to work for a competitor. When he hears the Wild Geese Calling he has to follow them. In this case, it's to Seattle, where he's to meet Warren William. However, once in Seattle and while waiting for William to show up, he meets dancehall girl Joan Bennett. They fall in love, William shows up with Barton Maclane close behind him with a shotgun, and it's off to Alaska for the gold rush, with Bennett along.

What Fonda doesn't know is that Miss Bennett is an old girlfriend of William.... but Maclane does. That's what this movie's conflicts are about: the past versus the present, truth versus lies, loves versus wanderlust. The excellent cast does pretty well in this potboiler directed by John Brahm, although Maclane is curiously out of touch with his lines. Still, there's lots of other interesting performers to look at, including Iris Adrian, Russell Simpson, and Stanley Andrews, and you can always look at Lucien Ballard's shots of the open sky around Lake Arrowhead. It's pretty much a potboiler, but with a cast and crew that make it work.