A hunter tracks a sheep-killing cougar.A hunter tracks a sheep-killing cougar.A hunter tracks a sheep-killing cougar.
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Nice short about roping a mountain lion and helping a neighbor
"Desert Killer" is a 10-minute short that Warner Brothers made in 1952. It was an extra on the DVD I purchased of "Starlift." It obviously wasn't shown with that film in theaters, because it was made a year later.
This is a voice-over film with no spoken roles by the cast. Most of the few people who appear aren't listed. Besides the narrator, Art Gilmore, the only cast listed is Marvin Glenn as himself, the rancher. A young fatherless native American boy seeks Glenn's help in tracking down a mountain lion that has killed one of his sheep.
Glenn is joined by his grown son in the chase. But after his dogs tree the big cat, Glenn has an idea to take the cat alive. The best part of this film shows the two men's attempts to rope, and final success in lassoing the cat, pulling it from the tree and then hog-tying it. They put it in a cage where the boy's mother tries to sell her crafts to motorists. But most just speed by. When the boy puts up a sign to stop and see the live wild lion, it gets tourists to stop and the woman's business takes off.
A nice little story about helping neighbors in more ways than one. Why six stars for such a film? Well, it wasn't a tame circus cat these guys roped and captured. This looks like a project where the camera went along on a real mountain lion hunt. This short was nominated for a short subject Academy Award.
The best line from the narrator is when the young Indian boy sheds a tear because he can't keep a puppy. "Sometimes, when you're only five, it's hard to remember you're supposed to be a man."
This is a voice-over film with no spoken roles by the cast. Most of the few people who appear aren't listed. Besides the narrator, Art Gilmore, the only cast listed is Marvin Glenn as himself, the rancher. A young fatherless native American boy seeks Glenn's help in tracking down a mountain lion that has killed one of his sheep.
Glenn is joined by his grown son in the chase. But after his dogs tree the big cat, Glenn has an idea to take the cat alive. The best part of this film shows the two men's attempts to rope, and final success in lassoing the cat, pulling it from the tree and then hog-tying it. They put it in a cage where the boy's mother tries to sell her crafts to motorists. But most just speed by. When the boy puts up a sign to stop and see the live wild lion, it gets tourists to stop and the woman's business takes off.
A nice little story about helping neighbors in more ways than one. Why six stars for such a film? Well, it wasn't a tame circus cat these guys roped and captured. This looks like a project where the camera went along on a real mountain lion hunt. This short was nominated for a short subject Academy Award.
The best line from the narrator is when the young Indian boy sheds a tear because he can't keep a puppy. "Sometimes, when you're only five, it's hard to remember you're supposed to be a man."
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- SimonJack
- Apr 13, 2021
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