The Notorious Lone Wolf

"BLONDES -vs- BULLETS"

1946 1h 4m EN

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Synopsis

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Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.

“BLONDES -vs- BULLETS”

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Cast

Gerald Mohr
Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
Janis Carter
Carla Winter
Eric Blore
Jameson
John Abbott
Lal Bara
William B. Davidson
Inspector Crane (as William Davidson)
Don Beddoe
Stonley
Adele Roberts
Rita Hale
Mark Roberts
Dick Hale (as Robert Scott)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: D. Ross Lederman
Writers: Martin Berkeley, William Bowers, Edward Dein
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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80 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Lone Wolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by D. Ross Lederman, shot by Burnett Guffey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by George Duning. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Fantl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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ERA

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Gerald Mohr and Janis Carter and Eric Blore carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "BLONDES -vs- BULLETS".

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The take

D. Ross Lederman directs. Burnett Guffey behind the camera. George Duning scores. Richard Fantl cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
280 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Lone Wolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by D. Ross Lederman, shot by Burnett Guffey. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by George Duning. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Richard Fantl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Gerald Mohr and Janis Carter and Eric Blore carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "BLONDES -vs- BULLETS".
9IMDB entry: tt0038788 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Burnett Guffey
Original score: George Duning
Editing: Richard Fantl
Costume design: Eugene Joseff
Runtime: 64 min · 1h 4m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)

Part of

Lone Wolf Collection

Louis Joseph Vance's MICHAEL LANYARD, better known as THE LONE WOLF, didn't start out as a private eye, but as a criminal. However, like Jack Boyle's Boston Blackie, thanks to his numerous re-creations in film, radio and television, The Lone Wolf is now best remembered these days, if at all, chiefly as a sort of gentleman thief turned private eye.

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D. Ross Lederman

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-11-30
★ 6/10
This might be my favourite of the "Lone Wolf" adventures as it frequently reminded me of one of the Rathbone/Bruce "Sherlock Holmes" stories. This time, "Lanyard" (newcomer Gerald Mohr) and his reliable sidekick "Jameson" (Eric Blore) find themselves embroiled in their usual gem-snatching scenario. Also, as usual, "Insp. Crane" (William B. Davidson) is keen to get the cuffs on our reformed jewel thief without really investigating the crime. It now falls to our sleuthing duo to resort to some impersonating - of a visiting Maharajah and his aide, no less - and exercise of their grey cells to save the damsel "Carla" (Janis Carter) from the evil clutches of their nemesis and return the sapphire - without paying the huge ransom - to the Prince before they both end up in San Quentin. Ian Wolfe ("Wheelright") delivers reliably and there is some enjoyably quick-witted dialogue between Mohr & Blore as we race through an hour towards the predictable, slighly slapstick, conclusion. An easy hour to watch, this.

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