Secrets of the Lone Wolf

"THE LONE WOLF'S GIVING LESSONS IN LARCENY...and HIS PUPIL'S ARE THE COPS!"

1941 1h 6m EN

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★7.0TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.

“THE LONE WOLF'S GIVING LESSONS IN LARCENY...and HIS PUPIL'S ARE THE COPS!”

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Cast

Warren William
Michael Lanyard
Ruth Ford
Helene de Leon
Roger Clark
Paul Benoit
Victor Jory
'Dapper' Dan Streever
Eric Blore
Jamison
Thurston Hall
Inspector Crane
Fred Kelsey
Wesley Dickens
Victor Kilian
Colonel Costals

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Stuart Palmer, Stuart Palmer
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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85 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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Original score by Sidney Cutner. 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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CAST

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Warren William and Ruth Ford and Roger Clark carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "THE LONE WOLF'S GIVING LESSONS IN LARCENY...and HIS PUPIL'S ARE THE COPS!".

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IMDB entry: tt0034165 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Edward Dmytryk directs. Sidney Cutner 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 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
285 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Lone Wolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Original score by Sidney Cutner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Richard Fantl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Warren William and Ruth Ford and Roger Clark carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "THE LONE WOLF'S GIVING LESSONS IN LARCENY...and HIS PUPIL'S ARE THE COPS!".
8IMDB entry: tt0034165 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Sidney Cutner
Editing: Richard Fantl
Costume design: Eugene Joseff
Runtime: 66 min · 1h 6m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)

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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Edward Dmytryk

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-12-09
★ 6/10
"Haven't you ever heard of ricochet?" "Yeah, it's a Chinese taxi"... Poor old "Dickens" (Fred Kelsey) is just as hopeless as usual in this outing for "Lanyard" (Warren William) and his loyal and engaging factotum "Jamison" (Eric Blore). To his credit, this time "Insp. Crane" (Thurston Hall) decides to get in front of a crime by engaging the services of the "Lone Wolf" to anticipate the theft of the famous "Napoleon" collection of priceless gems and so help prevent any such pinching. Of course, nothing goes to plan and when the stones are stolen in a version of the fashion outlined by "Lanyard", the police conclude that it has to be him! Now he has to prove his innocence and track down the true culprit before the inspector blows a gasket or two and he ends up in Sing Sing. It's all a bit formulaic, this one - but it does benefit from the only sparing interventions of Ruth Ford's "Helen" and from a decent pace set aboard a yacht usually smothered in dense fog (or just badly lit?). The ending is busy and entertaining and I actually found this to be one of the better adventures for our duo.

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