The Rampant Wolverine The Rampant Wolverine is a lost 1923 American silent western film directed by and starring Richard Barthelmess, and featuring Boris Karloff. This was the first of Karloff's eight appearances in the sound era, and also one of only two sound films he did not appear in with Bela Lugosi. Plot As described in a film magazine, Richard "Dick" Moore (Barthelmess), heir to an enormous and almost bankrupt lumber business, has been ordered to go to the lumber country of Washington to collect a huge debt for his father, who is serving a long prison term. He is accompanied by his friend, Ed Burton (Preston). A series of events leads Dick to believe that his father's partner is plotting to capture Dick's entire property, using a false marriage contract between Dick and the partner's daughter as an excuse. Dick kills the man, and when brought to justice stands trial for murder. During the trial the girl's lover, Dr. George Macfarlan (Sturges), is found shot to death. Dick escapes conviction but then becomes a fugitive, pursued by men of high social position who believe the partner of his father to be innocent of wrongdoing. Dick becomes the guardian of John Wilson (Littlefield), the daughter of Macfarlan, and eventually returns to his own home. Cast Richard Barthelmess as Richard "Dick" Moore Natalie Warfield as Alice Wilson Gustav von Seyffertitz as Dr. George Macfarlan Harry Littlefield as John Wilson Cyril Chadwick as The Rev. S. C. Blackmer Natalie Moorhead as Ann Blackmer Charles Willis Lane as Judge Benham George Bunny as The Prosecutor Paul Weigle as Eustace Burton Ward Crane as John Roper Boris Karloff as Jim Slade (uncredited) Fred Hearn as The Prisoner G. Raymond Nye as Prisoner James Levering as District Attorney Warren (uncredited) Maurice Black as Court Clerk (uncredited) References External links Category:1923 films Category:American silent feature films Category:Lost American films Category:1920s Western (genre) films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:American films Category:Films directed by Richard Barthelmess Category:American black-and-white films Category:Lost Western (genre) films Category:American film remakes Category:American film remakes in French Category:Films set in the United States Category:1920s lost films