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{{short description|1940 film directed by Sidney Salkow}}
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| name = The Lone Wolf Strikes
| name = The Lone Wolf Strikes
| image =
| image = The-lone-wolf-strikes-movie-poster.jpg
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| caption =
| caption = Theatrical poster for the film
| director = [[Sidney Salkow]]
| director = [[Sidney Salkow]]
| producer = [[Fred Kohlmar]]
| producer = [[Fred Kohlmar]]
| screenplay = [[Harry Segall]]<br>[[Albert Duffy]]
| screenplay = [[Harry Segall]]<br>Albert Duffy
| story = [[Dalton Trumbo]]
| story = [[Dalton Trumbo]]
| based on = {{Based on|characters created by |Louis Joseph Vance }}
| based_on = {{Based on|characters created |Louis Joseph Vance }}
| starring = [[Warren William]]<br />[[Joan Perry]]<br />[[Eric Blore]]
| starring = [[Warren William]]<br />[[Joan Perry]]<br />[[Eric Blore]]
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| editing = [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
| editing = [[Al Clark (film editor)|Al Clark]]
| studio = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| studio = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1940|1|26|''US''|ref1=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6772 | title=The Lone Wolf Strikes: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate= August 27, 2017 | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6t2IDhwTg | archivedate=August 27, 2017}}</ref>}}
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| runtime = 66 minutes
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| country = United States
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'''''The Lone Wolf Strikes''''' is a 1940 crime [[drama]] film directed by [[Sidney Salkow]], which stars [[Warren William]], [[Joan Perry]], and [[Eric Blore]]. It is the fourth entry in [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia's]] fifteen picture series featuring [[Lone Wolf (character)|Lone Wolf]], the second one starring William.
'''''The Lone Wolf Strikes''''' is a 1940 crime [[drama]] film directed by [[Sidney Salkow]] starring [[Warren William]], [[Joan Perry]], and [[Eric Blore]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=The Lone Wolf Strikes |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150035332 |access-date=7 February 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref>

The [[Lone Wolf (character)|Lone Wolf]] character dates back to 1914, when author [[Louis Joseph Vance]] invented him for a series of books, later adapted to [[Lone Wolf (character)#Films|twenty-four Lone Wolf films]] (1917–1949).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81717/The-Lone-Wolf-Spy-Hunt/articles.html |title=Articles: The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939) |first=Jeremy |last=Arnold |work=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=2020-03-08}}</ref> Warren William starred in nine of these films (1939–1943). His next film was ''[[The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady]]'', later the same year.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blottner |first1=Gene |title=Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786486724 |chapter=The Lone Wolf }}</ref>

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Warren William]] as Michael Lanyard, also known as Lone Wolf
* [[Joan Perry]] as Delia Jordan
* [[Eric Blore]] as Jamison
* [[Alan Baxter (actor)|Alan Baxter]] as Jim Ryder
* [[Astrid Allwyn]] as Binnie Weldon
* [[Montagu Love]] as Emil Gorlick
* [[Robert Wilcox (actor)|Robert Wilcox]] as Ralph Bolton
* [[Don Beddoe]] as Conroy
* [[Fred A. Kelsey]] as Dickens
* [[Addison Richards]] as Stanley Young
* Roy Gordon as Phillip Jordan
* Harland Tucker as Alberts
* [[George Lynn (actor)|George Lynn]] as Dorgan (credited as Peter Lynn)
}}

== Critical reception ==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "This is a good, made-to-measure, suspenseful film, although the plot is at times a trifle confused. Warren William is an attractive hero, Eric Blore an amusing and resourceful butler, while Joan Perry makes a charming heroine."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1940 |title=The Lone Wolf Strikes |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305805924/A189669241614E63PQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=7 |issue=73 |pages=113 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0032726}}
* {{TCMDb title|81718}}
* {{AFI film|6772}}

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[[Category:1940 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sidney Salkow]]
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[[Category:American crime drama films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:The Lone Wolf films]]
[[Category:1940s American films]]


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Latest revision as of 13:09, 3 December 2024

The Lone Wolf Strikes
Theatrical poster for the film
Directed bySidney Salkow
Screenplay byHarry Segall
Albert Duffy
Story byDalton Trumbo
Based oncharacters created
by Louis Joseph Vance
Produced byFred Kohlmar
StarringWarren William
Joan Perry
Eric Blore
CinematographyHenry Freulich
Edited byAl Clark
Music byM. W. Stoloff
Production
company
Release date
  • January 26, 1940 (1940-01-26) (US)[1]
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Lone Wolf Strikes is a 1940 crime drama film directed by Sidney Salkow starring Warren William, Joan Perry, and Eric Blore.[2]

The Lone Wolf character dates back to 1914, when author Louis Joseph Vance invented him for a series of books, later adapted to twenty-four Lone Wolf films (1917–1949).[3] Warren William starred in nine of these films (1939–1943). His next film was The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady, later the same year.[4]

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This is a good, made-to-measure, suspenseful film, although the plot is at times a trifle confused. Warren William is an attractive hero, Eric Blore an amusing and resourceful butler, while Joan Perry makes a charming heroine."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "The Lone Wolf Strikes: Detail View". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Lone Wolf Strikes". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  3. ^ Arnold, Jeremy. "Articles: The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  4. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011). "The Lone Wolf". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486724.
  5. ^ "The Lone Wolf Strikes". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 7 (73): 113. 1 January 1940 – via ProQuest.
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