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Released May 30, 1940
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Columbia Studios
71 min. (Feature Film)

Reformed jewel thief Michael Lanyard, aka The Lone Wolf, comes to the aid of Joan Bradley. After receiving the gift of a diamond necklace from Mrs. Penyon, her fiancee's mother, Joan discovers her presumed dead ex-husband waiting to rob her in her apartment. He's murdered after Joan hides in the bedroom, and she escapes when the police, led by dogged pursuer Inspector Crane and his idiot assistant Dickens, suspect her. Lanyard hides her in his apartment, and with the assistance of butler Jamison, begins his own investigation, which involves rival jewel thief Clay Beaudine.

Shemp appears in one scene as a pickpocket, doing business with the fence who is The Wolf's informant.

Usually cast in minor supporting roles, Fred Kelsey stands out hilariously as the befuddled and inept Detective Dickens.

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Avg. Rating: [6.00/10]
 
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Warren William
Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf

Jean Muir
Joan Bradley

Eric Blore
Jamison

Victor Jory
Clay Beaudine

Thurston Hall
Inspector Crane

Fred Kelsey
Detective Dickens

Georgia Caine
Mrs. Penyon

Warren Hull
Bob Penyon

William Forrest
Arthur Trent

Robert Emmett Keane
Peter Van Wyck

Roger Pryor
Peter Renick

Marla Shelton
Rose Waverly

Richard Fiske
Detective Jackson

Nellie V. Nichols
Mrs. Pappakontous

Luis Alberni
Mr. Pappakontous

Don Beddoe
Coroner

Bruce Bennett
Motorcycle cop

Charles Sherlock
Police Guard

Roger Gray
Air pump operator

Eddie Laughton
Police guard


Ralph Cohn
Producer

John Larkin
Story and Screenplay

Henry Freulich
Director of Photography

Al Clark
Film Editor

Lionel Banks
Art Director

Jerome Pycha, Jr.
Art Director

George Cooper
Sound Engineer

Morris W. Stoloff
Musical Director

Sidney Cutner
Original Music


















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