The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
| The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | |
|---|---|
Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance | |
| Produced by | Irving Briskin |
| Starring | Warren William Frances Robinson Bruce Bennett |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill |
| Edited by | Richard Fantl |
| Music by | Sidney Cutner |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | November 23, 1940 |
Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1941) is the sixth
The film centers on former jewel thief Michael Lanyard, also known by his alias Lone Wolf, who aims to recover his stamp collection and rescues a damsel in distress. Filming took place in August and September 1940. The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date was released in the United States in January 1941.
Plot
After adding a rare Cuban stamp to his coveted
Cast
- Warren William as Michael Lanyard
- Frances Robinson as Patricia Lawrence
- Bruce Bennett as Scotty
- Eric Blore as Jamison
- Thurston Hall as Inspector Crane
- Jed Prouty as Captain Moon
- Fred Kelsey as Dickens
- Don Beddoe as Big Joe Brady
- Lester Matthews as Mr. Lee
- Edward Gargan as Chimp
- Eddie Laughton as Measles
- Mary Servoss as Mrs. Colby
- Francis McDonald as Santos the Portuguese
Production
The Lone Wolf title character is played by Warren William, his fourth time doing so.[1] Although Walter Baldwin is listed in studio documents as playing a night watchman in the film,[1] he did not actually appear in it.[2]
Sidney Salkow directed the film for Columbia Pictures, while Salkow and Earl Felton cowrote the screenplay based on the detective character created by Louis Joseph Vance in a series of eight novels published between 1914 and 1934. Barney McGill was the film's as cinematographer, Morris Stoloff headed the musical direction and Richard Fantl edited the film. Principal photography began on August 21, 1940 and ended in mid-September 1940.[1]
Release and reception
Through the release print lists a copyright date of 1940, the film was officially released in North American cinemas in January 1941. It is alternatively known as Revenge of the Lone Wolf and Alias the Lone Wolf.[1] In his 2010 book Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood, Ron Backer wrote that the film "is the best of the Warren William Lone Wolf movies," although "it seems to lack that certain something that made the earlier Lone Wolf movies so entertaining." He concluded that the film made "a good entry in the Lone Wolf series, with less sexual violence this time round."[3] In contrast, Leonard Maltin wrote in his Movie & Video Guide (1998) that the film was "listless."[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Blottner 2012, p. 242.
- ^ Blottner 2012, p. 243.
- ^ Backer 2010, p. 319.
- ^ Maltin 1998, p. 789.
Bibliography
- Gene Blottner (2012). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926—1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3353-7.
- Ron Backer (2010). Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5700-7.
- Leonard Maltin (October 1998). Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide. Plume. ISBN 978-0-452-27992-6.