Fangs of Destiny

Dec 4, 1927

0h 58m

★ 0.0

Overview

Dynamite -- Universal's answer to Warner Bros.' canine star Rin Tin Tin -- and his owner Jerry Matthews (Edmund Cobb) come to the aid of a beleaguered rancher in this typical low-budget "doggie melodrama" set in the West.

Genres

Western

Action

Adventure

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Cast

Dynamite (as Dynamite the Wonder Dog)

Dynamite the Dog

Jerry Matthews

Edmund Cobb

Rose Shelby

Betty Caldwell

Colonel Shelby

George Periolat

Henchman Mitchell

Carl Sepulveda

Thomas Shields

Al Ferguson

Sally Ann - the Cook

Joan Hathaway

Sheriff Canby

Brick Cannon

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