The Wolf Hunters (1949 film)
The Wolf Hunters | |
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Directed by | Budd Boetticher |
Written by | James Oliver Curwood Scott Darling |
Produced by | Lindsley Parsons William F. Broidy (associate producer) |
Starring | Kirby Grant Jan Clayton Edward Norris Helen Parrish |
Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
Edited by | Ace Herman |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
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Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date | October 30, 1949 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Wolf Hunters is a 1949 American western film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton and Edward Norris. It was based on the novel of the same title by James Oliver Curwood which had previously been adapted in 1926 as The Wolf Hunters and in 1934 as The Trail Beyond[1] starring John Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr.. The film was the second in a series of ten films featuring Kirby Grant as a Canadian Mountie.[2]
Cast
- Kirby Grant as RCMP Corporal Rod Webb
- Jan Clayton as Renée
- Edward Norris as Paul Lautrec
- Helen Parrish as Marcia Cameron
- Charles Lang as J. L. McTavish
- Ted Hecht as Muskoka
- Luther Crockett as Supt. Edward Cameron
- Elizabeth Root as Minnetaki
- Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog
References
Bibliography
- Drew, Bernard. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge, 2013.
- McGhee, Richard D. John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero. McFarland, 1999.
External links
Categories:
- 1949 films
- American films
- American crime films
- American Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- 1940s crime films
- 1940s Western (genre) films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Budd Boetticher
- Monogram Pictures films
- Films based on American novels
- Northern films
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction
- 1940s Western (genre) film stubs