The Lone Wolf Strikes

"HE'S T-N-T IN A TOP HAT...OR A WOMAN'S ARMS!"

1940 1h 7m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 8

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Synopsis

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Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

“HE'S T-N-T IN A TOP HAT...OR A WOMAN'S ARMS!”

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Cast

Warren William
Michael Lanyard
Joan Perry
Delia Jordan
Eric Blore
Jamison
Alan Baxter
Jim Ryder
Astrid Allwyn
Binnie Weldon
Montagu Love
Emil Gorlick
Robert Wilcox
Ralph Bolton
Don Beddoe
Inspector Conroy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sidney Salkow
Writers: Dalton Trumbo, Albert Duffy, Harry Segall
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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86 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 Sidney Salkow, shot by Henry Freulich. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Al Clark 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 Joan Perry and Eric Blore carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "HE'S T-N-T IN A TOP HAT...OR A WOMAN'S ARMS!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0032726 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Sidney Salkow directs. Henry Freulich behind the camera. Al Clark cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 67-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
286 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Lone Wolf Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Sidney Salkow, shot by Henry Freulich. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Al Clark shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Warren William and Joan Perry and Eric Blore carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "HE'S T-N-T IN A TOP HAT...OR A WOMAN'S ARMS!".
8IMDB entry: tt0032726 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Henry Freulich
Editing: Al Clark
Costume design: Robert Kalloch
Runtime: 67 min · 1h 7m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)

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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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-12-08
★ 6/10
When a lovestruck banker is rather gullibly conned out of a priceless string of pearls and then dies in a mysterious road accident, his partner "Stanley" (Addison Richards) comes to our renowned sleuth to ask him to investigate. He's reluctant but agrees and that's when he meets the interfering daughter "Delia" (Joan Perry) who rather spoiled this mystery for me. Anyway, Warren Williams ("Lanyard") reckons he knows how to track down the stones and hopefully thereafter get to the bottom of the death, so with the help of stalwart "Jamison" (Eric Blore) sets about solving the crime. The first twenty minutes or so are quite well paced as the story take shape, but the persistence of the annoying "Delia" means that the thriller has only one way to go and that was downhill. You just know that however skilful his machinations are, she's going to end up screwing it all up and being the hostage. There's quite a fun dynamic between the pursuing police officers, Williams does quite a passable impersonation of a thick-accented European dealer and the denouement is quite clever, too. Worth a watch but Perry ensures it's a little disappointing.

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