Lone Wolf Collection

Warren William

Joan Perry

Eric Blore

Alan Baxter

Astrid Allwyn

Montagu Love

Robert Wilcox

Don Beddoe

Fred Kelsey

Addison Richards

Roy Gordon

Harland Tucker

George Lynn

Murray Alper

Harry A. Bailey

Maurice Cass

Edmund Cobb

Vernon Dent

Richard Fiske

Jack Gardner

Guy Kingsford

William Lally

Joe McGuinn

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Ralph Peters

Charles Sherlock

Jack Stoney

Julius Tannen

Cyril Thornton

Bob Walker

Robert Noble

Frank Bruno

Sidney Salkow

Henry Freulich

Morris Stoloff

Robert Kalloch

Dalton Trumbo

Fred Kohlmar

Albert Duffy

Al Clark

Harry Segall

Lionel Banks

Comedy

Thriller

Romance

Drama

Crime

The Lone Wolf Strikes

Columbia Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

When a lovestruck banker is rather gullibly conned out of a priceless string of pearls and then dies in a mysterious road accident, his partner "Stanley" (Addison Richards) comes to our renowned sleuth to ask him to investigate. He's reluctant but agrees and that's when he meets the interfering daughter "Delia" (Joan Perry) who rather spoiled this mystery for me. Anyway, Warren Williams ("Lanyard") reckons he knows how to track down the stones and hopefully thereafter get to the bottom of the death, so with the help of stalwart "Jamison" (Eric Blore) sets about solving the crime. The first twenty minutes or so are quite well paced as the story take shape, but the persistence of the annoying "Delia" means that the thriller has only one way to go and that was downhill. You just know that however skilful his machinations are, she's going to end up screwing it all up and being the hostage. There's quite a fun dynamic between the pursuing police officers, Williams does quite a passable impersonation of a thick-accented European dealer and the denouement is quite clever, too. Worth a watch but Perry ensures it's a little disappointing.

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