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The Wolf Hunters (1950)

The Wolf Hunters poster
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Genre
crime film, Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian Mountie investigates a murder in the wilderness. He tracks suspects through the forest while facing dangers from wolves and the harsh landscape.

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What happens

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 novel by James Oliver Curwood, which had previously been adapted in 1926 as The Wolf Hunters and in 1934 as The Trail Beyond 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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