The Wolf Dog is a 1933 American Pre-Code Mascot film serial directed by Colbert Clark and Harry L. Fraser and starring Frankie Darro and Rin Tin Tin, Jr. The plot concerns a young boy becoming the heir to a fortune and a villain attempting to take it from him. The boy's canine pet, Rin Tin Tin Jr., is the star of the film, protecting his master from a succession of murder attempts.
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Directed by | Colbert Clark Harry L. Fraser |
Written by | Barney A. Sarecky Sherman L. Lowe Al Martin Wyndham Gittens Colbert Clark |
Produced by | Nat Levine |
Starring | Frankie Darro Rin Tin Tin, Jr. Boots Mallory George J. Lewis Henry B. Walthall Hale Hamilton |
Cinematography | Tom Galligan Harry Neumann William Nobles |
Edited by | Earl Turner |
Music by | Lee Zahler |
Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (240 min) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
This was Rin Tin Tin Jr.'s first serial outing, having replaced the original Rin Tin Tin who died in 1932. He also starred in two other serials, The Law of the Wild (1934) and The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935).[1]
Youngster Frank Courtney discovers that he has inherited control of a Los Angeles shipping line. The current president, Norman Bryan, does not want to lose his position and conspires to have the boy killed. Rin Tin Tin Jr., the Wonder Dog, protects the boy from Bryan's murderous plots throughout the serial's running time.
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Preceded by Fighting with Kit Carson (1933) |
Mascot Serial The Wolf Dog (1933) |
Succeeded by The Mystery Squadron (1933) |