Mystery

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

- Mad ADVENTURE! Gay INTRIGUE!

A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

Release Date : 1941-03-06

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Cast

Character Name : Michael Lanyard

Original Name : Warren William

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gloria Foster

Original Name : June Storey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Frank Jordan

Original Name : Henry Wilcoxon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jamison

Original Name : Eric Blore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Crane

Original Name : Thurston Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Haggerty

Original Name : Don Beddoe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Evelyn Jordan

Original Name : Evalyn Knapp

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective Dickens

Original Name : Fred Kelsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vic Hilton

Original Name : William Forrest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Hooper Tupman

Original Name : Walter Kingsford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Baker

Original Name : Lloyd Bridges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Conductor

Original Name : Ben Taggart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsstand Clerk

Original Name : Ernie Adams

Gender : Male

Character Name : Projectionist

Original Name : Irving Bacon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman on Train

Original Name : Stanley Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop In Charge of Vault Opening

Original Name : Edmund Cobb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Newsreel Announcer

Original Name : Art Gilmore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Steward

Original Name : Jesse Graves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Chuck Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Eddie Hart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Usher

Original Name : George Hickman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blowtorch Man

Original Name : I. Stanford Jolley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop Getting Crane

Original Name : Tom London

Gender : Male

Character Name : 2nd Jewelry Clerk

Original Name : Ralph McCullough

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop

Original Name : Joe McGuinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : McKay

Original Name : George McKay

Gender : Male

Character Name : 1st Jewelry Clerk

Original Name : Corbet Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Manager

Original Name : Cyril Ring

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Desk Sergeant

Original Name : Ralph Sanford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pilot

Original Name : Harry Strang

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wallace

Original Name : Regis Toomey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Sergeant

Original Name : John Tyrrell

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-11-30

Warren William is the eponymous trouble maker for poor old "Insp. Crane" (Thurston Hall) who bets him that he can't behave himself for just one day! Well, of course he can't - indeed pretty sharpish he and stalwart "Jamison" (Eric Blore) are up to their necks in the theft of some US treasury plates from a supposedly impenetrable car invented by "Baker" (Lloyd Bridges). That's only the half of it - there's a killer afoot too and our not so wily policeman only has one suspect. What now ensues is an entertaining, if formulaic, join-the-dots mystery as June Storey provides an adequate damsel in distress ("Gloria") and the dialogue some fun and mischievous quips for Blore to raise the odd smile. There's a bit more meat on the bones of the adventure element to this with plenty of daft fisticuffs before the baddie is suitably apprehended. It's a bit too long - takes a while to get up an head of steam, but it does get there and ultimately it's a watchable little story that begs the question. When will "Crane" ever learn to trust in the "Wolf"?