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The Wolf Hunters
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5976 feet
Directed by Stuart Paton
Cast: Robert McKim [Ainsworth], Virginia Brown Faire [Minnetaki], Alan Roscoe [Sergeant Steve Drew], Mildred Harris [Helen Ainsworth], David Torrence [Le Grange], Al Ferguson [Cleave], Carroll Nye [Roderick Drew], Joe de la Cruz [Woomba]
Ben Wilson Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Rayart Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Ben Wilson. From the novel The Wolf Hunters by James Oliver Curwood. Presented by W. Ray Johnston. / No copyright registration. Premiered 23 July 1926 in New York, New York. General release, September 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was granted a New York state exhibition license on 20 July 1926. The novel was subsequently filmed as The Wolf Hunters (1949).
Drama: Northwoods.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, April 1927, 12:66] Mounted policeman loves girl in whom three others are interested. One is killed and girl is accused. Policeman is ordered to bring her in and, broken hearted, he carries out his orders only to find that she has been wrongfully accused. They decide to face life together.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Law: Enforcement: Police: Northwest Mounted Police
Listing updated: 7 December 2023.
References: ClasIm-224 p. 53 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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