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Desert Killer (1953)

Jun 27, 1953 Documentary 0h 10m
49%
User Score
5.0/10

Overview

Desert Killer is a 1952 short film directed by Larry Lansburgh about a hunter tracking a sheep-killing mountain lion. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Larry Lansburgh
Director
Janet Lansburgh
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Art Gilmore
Art Gilmore

Narrator
Marvin Glenn
Marvin Glenn

(Himself)

Full Cast & Crew

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on July 7, 2025

When a marauding mountain lion helps himself to one of the sheep that are being tended by the five-year old Surefoot, the lad secures what is left of his flock and seeks out his accomplished tracker friend Marvin and his son Warren to help apprehend the beast. This requires a fireside overnight, but next day they manage to corner it. Will they just shoot it or have they a more cunning plan in mind? It’s a tough one to call, this. On the one hand there’s a young lad trying to keep his livelihood safe from a predator, on the other there is mankind using the advantages of guns and ropes to try and capture a creature doing just what nature intended it to do. Regardless, however, I didn’t much care for the ending - even if it is presented with a degree of light-heartedness and opportunity...

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