TRAILING THE KILLER aka Call Of The Wilderness (1932) | Adventure, Thriller, Western | B&W

Trailing the Killer, also known as Call of the Wilderness and Lobo, is a 1932 American film directed by Herman C. Raymaker and released by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures.

SYNOPSIS
The film follows a dog in his pursuit of a mountain lion, with various adventures, including killing a rattlesnake, along the way.

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 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.

CAST & CREW
Caesar the Dog as Lobo
Francis McDonald as Pierre LaPlant
Heinie Conklin as Windy
Joe De La Cruz as Pedro
Pedro Regas as Manuel
Tom London as Sheriff

Directed by Herman C. Raymaker
Written by Jackson Richards
Produced by B.F. Zeidman
Cinematography Pliny Goodfriend
Music by Oscar Potoker
Distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release date October 16, 1932
Running time 65 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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