The Lone Wolf

"SEE--The racing auto leap 50 feet off a draw-bridge- The battle for wealth and a girl-The aeroplane battle-the great conflagration!"

1917 1h 0m EN

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When Marcel, a waif, saves master crook Burke from the police, Burke adopts the youngster and teaches him his profession. Years later, Marcel has become a master crook himself, working under the name of Michael Lanyard. His clever work baffles the Paris police, who dub him "The Lone Wolf". The Pack, a gang of criminals, notifies The Wolf that unless he joins them, he is marked for destruction. Lucy, an undercover agent masquerading as a crook to expose the gang, helps The Wolf escape. This inaugurates a series of adventures in which Lucy and The Wolf are pursued by the gang, finally making their escape to England by plane. The Pack follows, only to meet their death in a plane crash. Liberated from his tormentors, The Wolf vows to go straight and marries Lucy.

“SEE--The racing auto leap 50 feet off a draw-bridge- The battle for wealth and a girl-The aeroplane battle-the great conflagration!”

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Cast

Hazel Dawn
Lucy Shannon
Bert Lytell
Michael Lanyard
Stephen Grattan
Burke
Alfred Hickman
Eckstrom
Riley Hatch
De Moribar (as William Riley Hatch)
Edward Abeles
Ducroy
Florence Ashbrooke
Mme. Troyon
Juliet Brenon
Thibault's Maid

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Herbert Brenon
Writers: James C. McKay, George Edwardes-Hall
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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109 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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Hazel Dawn and Bert Lytell and Stephen Grattan carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "SEE--The racing auto leap 50 feet off a draw-bridge- The battle for wealth and a girl-The aeroplane battle-the great conflagration!".

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IMDB entry: tt0008201 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Herbert Brenon directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2109 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.
5Hazel Dawn and Bert Lytell and Stephen Grattan carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "SEE--The racing auto leap 50 feet off a draw-bridge- The battle for wealth and a girl-The aeroplane battle-the great conflagration!".
7IMDB entry: tt0008201 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Runtime: 60 min · 1h 0m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Lone Wolf (1917)

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.