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Trailing the Killer
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Trailing the Killer

1932-10-16 · 64 min · ★ 7.0

Western · Adventure

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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Directors
Herman C. Raymaker
Production companies
B.F. Zeidman Productions Ltd.
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Francis McDonaldFrancis McDonaldPierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
Heinie ConklinHeinie ConklinWindy
Joe De La CruzPedro (as Jose De La Cruz)
Pedro RegasPedro RegasManuel (as Peter Rigas)
Tom LondonTom LondonSheriff

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