The Notorious Lone Wolf

The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)

BLONDES -vs- BULLETS

Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.

Date of release
1946-02-14
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 4m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Romance
Director
D. Ross Lederman
Collection
Lone Wolf Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Notorious Lone Wolf is a 1946 American mystery film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Gerald Mohr, Janis Carter and Eric Blore. It is the twelfth Lone Wolf film produced by Columbia Pictures. The picture features Mohr in his inaugural performance as the protagonist detective Lone Wolf alongside Janis Carter and Ian Wolfe as Adam Wainwright, the film's antagonist. The screenplay was written by Martin Berkeley, Edward Dein, and William J. Bowers.

Production

After a sickly Warren William decided to stop playing the title character, Gerald Mohr was brought in by Columbia Pictures, the production company and the distributor, to replace William. Mohr had previously acted as a minor figure in One Dangerous Night (1943), the ninth Lone Wolf film. Eric Blore continued playing Lanyard's butler Jamison, his ninth time doing so, while Janis Carter acted as Lanyard's lover.

While still a work-in-progress, the film was referred to as The Lone Wolf on Broadway. D. Ross Lederman served as director of the film. Ted Richmond was in charge of production for Columbia Pictures, while Martin Berkeley and Edward Dein wrote the screenplay based on a story by William J. Bowers. Burnett Guffey signed on as cinematographer. The set decorator was Frank Kramer.

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