Compared to his later "A" westerns, director Oscar "Budd" Boetticher's The Wolf Hunters is often exasperatingly slow. This was the second of producer Lindsley Parson's efforts to create a series based on the Great White North yarns of James Oliver Curwood. Kirby Grant plays a Canadian Mountie who follows a fugitive to a small fur-trapping community. Most of the action is handled by Chinook, a handsome German Shepherd. Jan Clayton handles the leading-lady responsibilities, while the supporting cast includes Charles Lang and Helen Parrish, who were then husband and wife (Parrish later married TV producer John Guedel, of People are Funny and Best of Groucho fame).
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The Wolf Hunters Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Kirby Grant
He was 37, 73 years old when he died
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as RCMP Cpl. Rod Webb |
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Edward Norris
He was 38, 91 years old when he died
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as Paul Lautrec |
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Ted Hecht
He was 41, 61 years old when he died
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as Muskoka |
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Charles Lang
He was 47, 96 years old when he died
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as J. L. McTavish |
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Helen Parrish
She was 26, 35 years old when she died
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as Marcia Cameron |
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Jan Clayton
She was 32, 66 years old when she died
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as Renée |
The Wolf Hunters Crew
| Name |
Department |
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John R. Carter as Sound Recordist. He was 42 (74) years old when He died
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Sound |
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James Oliver Curwood as Novel. He was 71 (49) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Scott Darling as Writer. He was 39 (37) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Budd Boetticher as Director. He was 33 (85) years old when He died
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Directing |
