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The Wolf Hunters

Name: The Wolf Hunters
Genre: Adventure, Western
Released: 1949-10-29
Cast: Kirby Grant, Jan Clayton, Edward Norris, Helen Parrish, Charles Lang

1949 | 70 min | Adventure, Western

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for adventure fans. If you loved True Grit, start here.
The mood: Exciting.
The pace: Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 10 min.
What might put you off: Made in 1949: an older pace and style.

After four fur trappers are slain and their furs stolen, Corporal Rod Webb of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police sets out for their village. En route, he and his German Shepherd, Chinook, encounter another trapper, Henri, unconscious on the trail, and the furs he was delivering to the factor, McTavish, stolen. Chinook trails the would-be-killer and bites a piece of cloth from his coat before he escapes. Webb leaves Henri with Greta while he investigates, aided by an Indian servant and the, wife of the superintendent of the trading company that employs McTavish.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Budd Boetticher

Kirby GrantRCMP Cpl. Rod Webb
Jan ClaytonRenée
Edward NorrisPaul Lautrec
Helen ParrishMarcia Cameron
Charles LangJ. L. McTavish
Ted HechtMuskoka
Luther CrockettSupt. Edward Cameron
Elizabeth RootMinnetaki
ChinookChinook