Trailing the Killer (1932)
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?
Director: Herman C. Raymaker
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Francis McDonald as Pierre LaPlant (as Francis MacDonald) |
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Heinie Conklin as Windy |
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Joe De La Cruz as Pedro (as Jose De La Cruz) |
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Pedro Regas as Manuel (as Peter Rigas) |
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Tom London as Sheriff |
| Directing | Herman C. Raymaker | Director |
| Production | Louis Rantz | Production Manager |
| Sound | Oscar Potoker | Music |
| Production | B.F. Zeidman | Producer |
| Writing | Jackson Richards | Story |
| Sound | W.C. Smith | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Pliny Goodfriend | Director of Photography |
