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The Mating Call
“It's the call of life! the call of love!”
6.0 / 10• 1928• 1h 10m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
A World War I veteran takes on the Ku Klux Klan when he loses his wife to a womanizing Klansman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation.
Cast & Crew
Thomas Meighan
Leslie Hatten
Lead
Evelyn Brent
Rose Henderson
Renée Adorée
Catharine
Alan Roscoe
Lon Henderson
Gardner James
Marvin Swallow
Helen Foster
Jessie Peebles
Luke Cosgrave
Judge Peebles
Cyril Chadwick
Anderson
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James Cruze's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Mating Call is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
