Columbia Pictures
Lone Wolf Collection
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.
- Original title
- The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
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Nov 30, 2023 · via TMDB
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"?
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Warren William
Michael Lanyard
June Storey
Gloria Foster
Henry Wilcoxon
Frank Jordan
Eric Blore
Jamison
Thurston Hall
Inspector Crane
Don Beddoe
Sheriff Haggerty
Evalyn Knapp
Evelyn Jordan
Fred Kelsey
Detective Dickens
William Forrest
Vic Hilton
Walter Kingsford
Dr. Hooper Tupman
Lloyd Bridges
Johnny Baker
Ben Taggart
Train Conductor
Ernie Adams
Newsstand Clerk
Irving Bacon
Projectionist
Stanley Brown
Policeman on Train
Edmund Cobb
Cop In Charge of Vault Opening
Art Gilmore
Newsreel Announcer
Jesse Graves
Train Steward
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Cop
I. Stanford Jolley
Blowtorch Man
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Joe McGuinn
Cop
George McKay
McKay
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Hotel Manager
Ralph Sanford
Police Desk Sergeant
Harry Strang
Pilot
Regis Toomey
Wallace
John Tyrrell
Police Sergeant
Viola Lawrence
Editor
Morris Stoloff
Music Director
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