Dog Hero Movies

Minor silent Western from 1925

A dog named Thunder, the weakling of his brood, is born in a lumber camp in the North Woods, operated by Anita Baker. The cowardly dog is cast out of...

A short western/crime film.

A young boy goes to desperate lengths to save the family dog when his father agrees sell it to the local butcher.

A prospector is murdered by The Cactus Kid and his gang, who hope to find the murdered man's goldmine. The miner's dog, Rin-Tin-Tin, recognizes the...

A loyal German Shepherd dog follows his master to the French front in World War One.

Foxes are mysteriously disappearing from fox farms and Agent Don has been sent to investigate. Brad and Pete are the culprits and they are using a...

An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.

Molly O'Day and her brother, Josh, are homesteading on and trying to make a living on a piece of government land, but local rancher Dave Crenshaw...

Bill Holmes rescues Rinty from a car wreck not realizing that there is a stolen $50,000 diamond necklace hidden in the dog's collar.

The Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building...

A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of murder.

Jed and his dog Lightning contend with the boy's abusive father.

Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has undeservedly earned the reputation as a killer...

One of a series of 6 silent Westerns featuring the dog hero Wolfheart.

A stray German shepherd, a runaway teenage boy, and a runaway teenage girl end up at her uncle's place in Oregon, where an epidemic of sheep rustling...

When Rin-Tin-Tin's master is found murdered, Rinty is accused of the crime.

An orphan boy on his way to live with his uncle picks up a stray dog, and the two become fast friends. However, the uncle doesn't want the dog, and...

The simple story of a heroic dog that saves the day appealed to audiences (especially with a well-trained animal as attractive and energetic as...

Molly White, the new schoolmistress at Silver Creek, makes the acquaintance of Jack Brooks, a wealthy eastern sportsman, when his pedigreed police...