The Wolf Hunters (1949 film)

The Wolf Hunters
The Wolf Hunters
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
Edited by	Ace Herman
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production; company	Monogram Pictures
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 Northern film directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton and Edward Norris. It was based on the by James Oliver Curwood, which had previously been adapted in 1926 as 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
as J. L. McTavish
as Muskoka
as Supt. Edward Cameron
as Minnetaki
Chinook as Chinook, Webb's dog

Production[]

Budd Boetticher later recalled, "Monogram! That was really second rate! Wolf Hunters was an outdoor picture, kind of an "in the snow" thing, and I put all my friends in it who were out of work. Jan clayton, Kirby Grant, everyone I knew who was out of a job. It was twelve days; just terrible".^[3]

References[]

^ McGhee, p. 323.
^ Drew, p. 225.
^ Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Issue 3 (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.

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[]

The Wolf Hunters at IMDb

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[1] McGhee, p. 323.

[2] Drew, p. 225.

[budd-3] Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Issue 3 (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.

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v t Corporal Rod Webb film series
Films	Trail of the Yukon (1949) The Wolf Hunters (1949) Snow Dog (1950) Call of the Klondike (1950) Northwest Territory (1951) Yukon Manhunt (1951) Yukon Gold (1952) Fangs of the Arctic (1953) Northern Patrol (1953) Yukon Vengeance (1954)
Related	James Oliver Curwood Films based on works by Curwood