The Wolf Hunters

The Wolf Hunters

NR 1949 · 70 min · ★ 6.5 · Adventure, Western

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.

Directed by Budd Boetticher · Written by Scott Darling

Your Rating

Cast

Kirby Grant RCMP Cpl. Rod Webb
Jan Clayton Renée
Edward Norris Paul Lautrec
Helen Parrish Marcia Cameron
Charles Lang J. L. McTavish
Ted Hecht Muskoka
Luther Crockett Supt. Edward Cameron
Elizabeth Root Minnetaki
Chinook Chinook

Make it a double feature

2h 54m together

The Wolf Hunters

The More the Merrier

Both from Budd Boetticher.

Chinook: The Wonder DogSee all →

Trail of the Yukon

Trail of the Yukon · 1949

Trail of the Yukon

MovieAdventureRomance

When the local Banker jumps the Blaine's claim, they have men rob the bank to retrieve their money. When the men try to double-cross the Blains, a gunfight erupts and Jim Blaine gets away with the money. Mountie Bob McDonald gets Jim Blaine to return the money. Bob thinks the Banker was really behind the robbery and now uses the money to try and lure him into a trap.

Call of the Klondike

Call of the Klondike · 1950

Call of the Klondike

MovieWesternAdventure

A brother and sister are running a phony gold mine scam in the Klondike, which leads to murder. A Canadian Mountie sets out to bring them to justice.

Snow Dog

Snow Dog · 1950

MovieWesternAdventure

The third installment in low-budget producer Lindsley Parson's "Chinook" series, Snow Dog was ostensibly based on pulp writer James Oliver Curwood's 1915 short-story "The Tentacles of the North," which was also the working title. Kirby Grant again played Rod McDonald of the Canadian Royal Mounted, and once again the vehicle was stolen by his canine sidekick, the white malamute Chinook. This time, Rod and Chinook are tracking a mysterious white wolf, thought to have killed several of the local traders.

Northwest Territory

Northwest Territory · 1951

Northwest Territory

MovieWesternAdventure

Wilderness adventure starring Kirby Grant and Chinook.

Yukon Manhunt

Yukon Manhunt · 1951

MovieWesternAdventure

In this North Woods adventure, the Mounties investigate a series of payroll robberies and discover that it is an inside job.

Yukon Gold

Yukon Gold · 1952

In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and encounters a female gambler. Action ensues, but justice prevails.

Northern Patrol

Northern Patrol · 1953

Northern Patrol

Northern Patrol was the last entry in Monogram/Allied Artists' off-and-on "Northwest Mountie" series. Taking time off from his Sky King shooting schedule, Kirby Grant stars as mounted policeman Rod Webb, while second billing is bestowed upon Webb's faithful dog Chinook. In this one, Webb tries to prove that the suicide of a young trapper was actually murder. The film offers a dash of novelty value in having the principal baddie turn out to be a beautiful woman (Marion Carr). Scripted by actor Warren Douglas, Northern Patrol was directed by Rex Bailey, the former assistant to the series' original helmsman, Frank McDonald.

Fangs of the Arctic

Fangs of the Arctic · 1953

Fangs of the Arctic

MovieWesternAdventure

Canadian Mounties Corporal Rod Webb and Constable Mike Kelly, along with Rod's dog Chinook, are sent to the Blackfoot Crossing country to find a killer.

Yukon Vengeance

Yukon Vengeance · 1954

Yukon Vengeance

MovieWesternAdventure

In this north-western set in the Yukon, a Mountie must investigate the violent deaths of three mail carriers.

More from Budd BoetticherSee all →

The Rifleman

The Rifleman · 1958

SeriesAction & AdventureWestern

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.

Two Mules for Sister Sara

Two Mules for Sister Sara · 1970

Two Mules for Sister Sara

When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has no idea what he has let himself in for. Their chance encounter results in the blowing up of a train and a French garrison, as well as igniting a spark between them that survives a shocking discovery.

Maverick

Maverick · 1957

SeriesComedyWestern

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

The Tall T

The Tall T · 1957

Pat Brennan's luck is about to go from bad to worse; after gambling his horse away, he gets a ride from Willard and Doretta Mims. However, their stagecoach is hijacked by a trio of merciless bandits, led by ruthless Frank Usher. As Usher holds the passengers hostage, Brennan falls in love with Doretta and develops a risky plan to free himself and the Mimses, leading to a bloody final standoff.

The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier · 1943

The More the Merrier

MovieComedyRomance

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to sublet half of her apartment, fully expecting a suitable female tenent. What she gets instead is mischievous, middle-aged Benjamin Dingle. Dingle talks her into subletting to him and then promptly sublets half of his half to young, irreverent Joe Carter - creating a situation tailor-made for comedy and romance.

7 Men from Now

7 Men from Now · 1956

Former sheriff Ben Stride, haunted by the loss of his wife in a Wells Fargo robbery, hunts for the seven men responsible for her death – along the way, encountering a couple heading west for California, and an outlaw he once arrested.

Arruza

MovieDocumentary

Eight years in the making, Boetticher’s portrait of his longtime friend, the famous bullfighter Carlos Arruza, was a labor of love that the renowned director of westerns pursued despite contending with illnesses, bankruptcy, jail time, and lucrative offers from Hollywood. The result is an astonishing work of poetry, immediacy, and violence that fearlessly wrestles with the filmmaker’s own ambivalence about the titular matador’s triumphs prior to his death by automobile accident at the age of 46.

Ride Lonesome

Ride Lonesome · 1959

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother and his men in hot pursuit.

The Killer Is Loose

The Killer Is Loose · 1956

The Killer Is Loose

MovieCrimeThriller

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

Comanche Station

Comanche Station · 1960

Comanche Station

A white man trades with the Comanche for the release of a female stranger and the pair cross paths with three outlaws who have their eyes on the handsome reward for bringing her home and Comanche on the warpath.

Buchanan Rides Alone

Buchanan Rides Alone · 1958

Buchanan Rides Alone

Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family.

The Man from the Alamo

The Man from the Alamo · 1953

The Man from the Alamo

During the war for Texas independence, one man leaves the Alamo before the end (chosen to help others' families) but is too late to accomplish his mission, and is branded a coward. Unable to expose a gang of turncoats, he infiltrates them instead.

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand · 1941

MovieDramaRomance

Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.

Cover Girl

Cover Girl · 1944

MovieMusicComedy

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown · 1957

Decision at Sundown

A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.

A Time for Dying

A Time for Dying · 1969

A Time for Dying

Passing through a town, a farm boy aspiring to be a bounty hunter rescues a woman who has been tricked into working in its brothel and the two travel towards his father's ranch.

More Like This

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey · 1993

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

MovieAdventureComedy

Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets -- Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise golden retriever; and Sassy, a cautious cat -- at a friend's ranch. But when the animals start to worry that they've been left for good, the three embark together on a treacherous and thrilling journey to find their way back home through the California wilderness.

Underdog

Underdog · 2007

MovieFamilyAction

A lab accident gives a beagle named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask · 1998

The Man in the Iron Mask

MovieAdventureAction

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.

Babe: Pig in the City

Babe: Pig in the City · 1998

Babe: Pig in the City

MovieFamilyAdventure

Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown · 1977

Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown

MovieAnimationAdventure

The Peanuts gang, including Snoopy and Woodstock, have gone off to summer camp. After a few days of the usual activities, they all participate in a river-rafting race. Battling treacherous rapids, wild animals and cheating bullies from a rival tent, the teams make their way downriver to the finish line.

PAW Patrol: The Movie

PAW Patrol: The Movie · 2021

PAW Patrol: The Movie

MovieActionAdventure

Ryder and the pups are called to Adventure City to stop Mayor Humdinger from turning the bustling metropolis into a state of chaos.

Sukiyaki Western Django

Sukiyaki Western Django · 2007

Sukiyaki Western Django

MovieAdventureAction

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure · 2003

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure

MovieFamilyAnimation

Being one of 101 takes its toll on Patch, who doesn't feel unique. When he's accidentally left behind on moving day, he meets his idol, Thunderbolt, who enlists him on a publicity campaign.

Space Buddies

Space Buddies · 2009

MovieComedyAdventure

B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, and all the rest of the Buddies are back, but this time, they're setting their sights even higher -- as in, the moon! With the help of their new pals Spudnick and Gravity, these pooches are go for launch. But to pull off their moon landing and make it home safely, our canine heroes will have to summon all their bravery and imagination...

The Fall

The Fall · 2008

MovieAdventureFantasy

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Lassie

MovieAdventureDrama

A family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.

Walking Tall

Walking Tall · 2004

MovieAdventureDrama

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

The Musketeer

The Musketeer · 2001

MovieAdventureAction

Young D'Artagnan seeks to join the legendary musketeer brigade and avenge his father's death - but he finds that the musketeers have been disbanded.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter