Trailing the Killer

Oct 16, 1932

1h 4m

★ 4.0

Overview

While the original title, "Trailing the Killer" isn't a misnomer, it was a bit misleading since the "trailer" is a dog named Caesar (Caesar the Dog) and the killer is a mountain lion. But the makers also pointed out that Caesar "is the most intelligent dog actor since Rin-Tin-Tin" which probably lured a few Rin-Tin-Tin fans with a show-me attitude. Caesar prowls around the woods of the Northwest, dispatches a rattlesnake, visits his she-wolf mate and their pups, pauses to watch the dainty habits of a raccoon personally washing every morsel of food before eating it---and that raccoon had enough food to use up several minutes of running time---and then saves sheepherder Pierre (Francis McDonald)) from getting eaten by one mean mountain lion. Rin-Tin-Tin he ain't, but then who was?

Genres

Western

Adventure

Production Companies

B.F. Zeidman Productions Ltd.

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Cast

Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)

Francis McDonald

Windy

Heinie Conklin

Pedro (as Jose De La Cruz)

Joe De La Cruz

Manuel (as Peter Rigas)

Pedro Regas

Sheriff

Tom London

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