Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
Clark Gable
as Jack Thornton
Loretta Young
as Claire Blake
Jack Oakie
as 'Shorty' Hoolihan
Reginald Owen
as Mr. Smith
Frank Conroy
as John Blake
Katherine DeMille
as Marie
Sidney Toler
as Joe Groggins
James Burke
as Ole
Lalo Encinas
as Kali
Thomas E. Jackson
as 'Tex' Rickard
Russ Powell
as Bartender
Herman Bing
as Sam
