One Dangerous Night

"THE LONE WOLF SEES EVERYTHING...including five women who won't talk!"

1943 1h 17m EN

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Synopsis

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Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.

“THE LONE WOLF SEES EVERYTHING...including five women who won't talk!”

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Cast

Warren William
Michael Lanyard / The Lone Wolf
Marguerite Chapman
Eve Andrews
Eric Blore
Jamison
Mona Barrie
Jane Merrick
Tala Birell
Sonia Budenny
Margaret Hayes
Patricia Blake (Shaw)
Ann Savage
Vivian
Thurston Hall
Inspector Crane

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Gordon
Writers: Donald Davis, Max Nosseck, Arnold Lipp
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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83 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Warren William and Marguerite Chapman and Eric Blore carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

AWARDS

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Marketing tagline: "THE LONE WOLF SEES EVERYTHING...including five women who won't talk!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0036237 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Gordon directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
283 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Lone Wolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Warren William and Marguerite Chapman and Eric Blore carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "THE LONE WOLF SEES EVERYTHING...including five women who won't talk!".
7IMDB entry: tt0036237 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: One Dangerous Night (1943)

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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Michael Gordon

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-11-11
★ 6/10
I imagine this is the kind of movie you might have gone to see in a drive-in. Made amidst WWII, it tells a rather quirky tale of "Eve" (Marguerite Chapman) whose car is totalled and she is luckily rescued by the "Lone Wolf" himself (Warren William) and his loyal sidekick "Jamison" (Eric Blore). They escort her to her home only to find that when they get there, there is a body. It's a renowned playboy and it's very, very quiet! Police inspector "Crane" (Thurston Hall) is unimpressed by the array of alibis on offer and so arrests them all - but our shrewd sleuths escape, and begin to piece things together uncovering a story of blackmail and jewel thievery with the enigmatic "Patricia" (Margaret Hayes) playing an increasingly significant and puzzling role in their investigations. Can they solve this before the police apprehend them again, and again - or, ideally, before anyone else gets bumped off? Nope, there's not the slightest hint of jeopardy here and the production is really very basic. That said, there's a bit of an entertaining dynamic between Warren and Blore and the whole thing has enough of it's tongue in it's cheek to keep it entertaining if not exactly taxing on the little grey cells. It's twenty minutes too long, and at times it regurgitates itself a bit much - but as wartime whodunits go, it's by no means the worst.