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Trailing the Killer

40 %|Oct 16, 1932|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, aka as a cougar or puma the narrator was quick to point out. 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 et up by one mean mountain lion. Rin-Tin-Tin he ain't, but then who was? Commonwealth...

Featured Crew

Herman C. Raymaker
Director
Oscar Potoker
Music
Jackson Richards
Story
B.F. Zeidman
Producer
Louis Rantz
Production Manager
Pliny Goodfriend
Director of Photography
W.C. Smith
Sound Recordist

Cast

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Francis McDonald
Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald)
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Joe De La Cruz
Pedro (as Jose De La Cruz)
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Pedro Regas
Manuel (as Peter Rigas)
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Tom London
Sheriff