Secrets of the Lone Wolf
THE LONE WOLF'S GIVING LESSONS IN LARCENY...and HIS PUPIL'S ARE THE COPS!
1941 | 66m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Edward Dmytryk |
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| Writer: | Stuart Palmer, Louis Joseph Vance |
| Staring: |
| Michael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 13, 1941 |
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| Director: | Edward Dmytryk |
| Writer: | Stuart Palmer, Louis Joseph Vance |
| Genres: | Romance, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | lone wolf, mistaken identity, b movie, valet, reformed criminal |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Marlo Dwyer | 'Bubbles' Deegan |
| Lester Sharpe | Deputy Duval |
| Irving Mitchell | Mr. Evans |
| John Harmon | Bernard |
| Joe McGuinn | Bob Garth |
| Wheaton Chambers | Vanderbeek (uncredited) |
| Ken Christy | Doorman (uncredited) |
| James Conaty | Jewel Buyer (uncredited) |
| Bob Reeves | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Walter Sande | Squad Car Officer (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Squad Car Driver (uncredited) |
| John Tyrrell | Toledo Patterson (uncredited) |
| Paul Phillips | Six O'Clock Sam (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward Dmytryk | Director |
| Eugene Joseff | Costume Design |
| Morris Stoloff | Music Director |
| Sidney Cutner | Original Music Composer |
| Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Stuart Palmer | Screenplay, Story |
| Louis Joseph Vance | Novel |
| Philip Tannura | Cinematography |
| Richard Fantl | Editor |
| Lionel Banks | Art Direction |
| Werner R. Heymann | Original Music Composer |
| Ben Oakland | Original Music Composer |
| Gregory Stone | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jack Fier | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
"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.