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6.6

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

NR·1939·71m

Mystery

Comedy

Mystery

Comedy

Summary

Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

Cast

Warren William

Michael Lanyard

Ida Lupino

Val Carson

Rita Hayworth

Karen

Virginia Weidler

Patricia Lanyard

Ralph Morgan

Spiro Gregory

Tom Dugan

Police Sgt. Devan

Don Beddoe

Police Inspector Thomas

Leonard Carey

Jameson

Ben Welden

Jenks

Brandon Tynan

Senator Carson

Helen Lynd

Marie Templeton

Irving Bacon

Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)

Frank Baker

Doorman (uncredited)

James Blaine

Duty Cop at Party (uncredited)

Sammy Blum

Counterman at Italian Restaurant

Stanley Brown

Party Guest (uncredited)

Russ Clark

Evans (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb

Detective with Note (uncredited)

Alec Craig

Marriage License Bureau Clerk (uncredited)

James Craig

Party Guest (uncredited)

Beatrice Curtis

Party Guest (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

Heavy (uncredited)

Lew Davis

Heavy (uncredited)

Vernon Dent

Fat Man at Party (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Patrol-Car Cop at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Fagin - the Carson Butler (uncredited)

Eddie Fetherston

Footman (uncredited)

Lorna Gray

Girl Michael Runs Into in Nightclub (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Masked Party Guest (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Precinct Night Sergeant (uncredited)

J. Anthony Hughes

Costume-Party Bartender (uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)

Lola Jensen

Party Guest (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley

Doorman (uncredited)

Eddie Laughton

Mustached Henchman (uncredited)

Marc Lawrence

Henchman in Trenchcoat (uncredited)

James Millican

Cabby (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Policeman at Gregory's Home (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Club Patron (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Masked Party Guest (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Angus Palmer (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Charlie Fenton - the Party Drunk (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Landers Stevens

Thatcher (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

Henchman (uncredited)

Marek Windheim

Homely - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Peter Godfrey

Screenplay

Jonathan Latimer

Story

Louis Joseph Vance

Reviews

Geronimo1967

December 9, 2023

The clever leader of a group of spies invites our eponymous character (Warren William) to open a safe in return for $10,000. He declines and leaves the scene - but not before he leaves one of his distinctive cigarettes behind. With the constantly pursuing "Insp. Thomas" (Don Beddoe) and bumbling "Devan" (Tom Dugan) on his case, he now finds himself framed for a robbery - and that very cigarette is the conclusive proof the cops want! Aided by infrequent contributions from his valet "Jamison" (Leonard Carey), his attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery are frustrated at every turn by the hugely annoying ""Karen" (Rita Hayworth) who even resorts to a pair of handcuffs to make sure the "Lone Wolf" keeps her in the loop. To compensate for that constant irritation, we do get a few "colourful" scenes between her and the real woman behind the mystery here "Val" (Ida Lupino) that are worth a watch as the rest of this follows the traditional, well trammelled, lines towards it's conclusion. It's not really the story that matters here - it's the fun dynamic between the three actors and a reasonably lively script that help this keep from mediocrity.