Trailing the Killer
Directed by Herman C. RaymakerWhile 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 a cougar or puma, as the narrator quickly clarifies. 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 Northwest woods, dispatches a rattlesnake, visits his she-wolf mate and their pups, pauses to watch 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--then saves sheepherder Pierre (Francis McDonald) from getting eaten up by one mean mountain lion. Rin-Tin-Tin he ain't, but then who was? Commonwealth changed the title to "Call of the Wilderness" when they acquired it for 16mm rental to the school market.
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Trailing the Killer was released on October 16, 1932.
Trailing the Killer was directed by Herman C. Raymaker.
Trailing the Killer has a runtime of 64 min.
Trailing the Killer was produced by B.F. Zeidman.
The key characters in Trailing the Killer are Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald) (Francis McDonald), Windy (Heinie Conklin), Pedro (as Jose De La Cruz) (Joe De La Cruz).
Trailing the Killer is rated Approved.
Trailing the Killer is a Western, Adventure, Drama film.
Trailing the Killer has an audience rating of 5.2 out of 10.