Trailing the Killer
5.0
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?
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Cast
5 people
Francis McDonald
Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
Known for
Morocco
Battling Butler
Heinie Conklin
Windy
Also in
Fig Leaves
Riders of Destiny
Joe De La Cruz
Pedro (as Jose De La Cruz)
Also in
Hell's Heroes
Four Frightened People
Pedro Regas
Manuel (as Peter Rigas)
Known for
Only Angels Have Wings
Tom London
Sheriff
Also in
Captain America
Bar-Z Bad Men
Herman C. Raymaker Director · Jackson Richards Story Pliny Goodfriend Cinematographer
United States release October 16, 1932 · Produced in United States · Working title The Claws of the Killer
Production
B.F. Zeidman Productions Ltd.
Production
United States
Produced in
The Claws of the Killer
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 16, 1932
Theatrical
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