The Lone Wolf in Paris

"Love makes the Lone Wolf a thief once more!"

1938 1h 6m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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Former jewel thief Michael Lanyard toys with a princess and a grand duke.

“Love makes the Lone Wolf a thief once more!”

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Cast

Francis Lederer
Michael Lanyard
Frances Drake
Princess Thania of Arvonne
Olaf Hytten
Jenkins
Walter Kingsford
Grand Duke Gregor de Meyerson
Leona Maricle
Baroness Cambrell
Albert Dekker
Marquis Louis de Meyerson
Maurice Cass
Alfonse Fromont - Hotel Manager
Bess Flowers
Davna - Lady in Waiting

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Albert S. Rogell
Writers: Arthur T. Horman, Louis Joseph Vance
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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88 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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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Francis Lederer and Frances Drake and Olaf Hytten carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love makes the Lone Wolf a thief once more!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0030383 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Albert S. Rogell directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
288 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.
5Francis Lederer and Frances Drake and Olaf Hytten carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Love makes the Lone Wolf a thief once more!".
7IMDB entry: tt0030383 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 66 min · 1h 6m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)

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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Albert S. Rogell

Community reviews

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CinemaSerf2023-12-12
★ 6/10
I quite enjoyed Francis Lederer's interpretation of our reformed "Lanyard" here. He arrives in Paris only to find his luxury hotel a bit reticent to accommodate him! It doesn't help that he has more wanted posters on him than Billy the Kid! Anyway, some endorsements from the great and the good of European policing get him in, and straight into a blackmailing mess that could effect the future king of 'Arvonne". It seems the Queen (Ruth Robinson) effectively pawned the crown jewels to her nobility who are now refusing to return them so the mischievous "Grand Duke Gregor" (Walter Kingsford) can usurp the throne. Luckily, our hero and the feisty princess "Thania" (Frances Drake) concoct a cunning plan to get the stones back into the right hands before the imminent coronation of her young brother. There are some spurious accents throughout this hour-long drama, but it's still quite a characterful little enterprise with Lederer and Kingsford developing quite a decent, knife-throwing, cat and mouse scenario. The production is on the basic side, and it really could have been doing with a bit more light, but it's decently paced with just enough intrigue and posh frocks to keep it watchable.

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