Warren William stars as Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf. Long retired from his safecracking days, he is asked by Ralph Morgan to open a safe for $10,000. When he refuses, he is let go.... and framed as the man who broke into it and stole some War Department secret plans. When he is not trying to clear his name, he is being stalked by senator's daughter Ida Lupino, pursued by Rita Hayworth, and dealing with daughter Virginia Weidler. Who's the mother> That's never very clear, although her absence now is.
It's a semi-remake of 1929's THE LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER. Without having looked at that, I imagine it had a certain *ahem* pre-code looseness to it that was no longer possible, In the meantime, we are confronted with a fine cast, including uncredited turns by Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison, and Jack Norton. Therefore I am mildly embarrassed to be unable to explain why I don't like it. There's not a thing in it that doesn't work -- although extreme undercranking to make William a man who will fight three others barehanded and almost win seems wrong. Maybe it's Brandon Tynan as a senator who wants to go hunting the bad guys. Whatever it is, despite the competence in every department, I don't like it.
It's a semi-remake of 1929's THE LONE WOLF'S DAUGHTER. Without having looked at that, I imagine it had a certain *ahem* pre-code looseness to it that was no longer possible, In the meantime, we are confronted with a fine cast, including uncredited turns by Vernon Dent, Bud Jamison, and Jack Norton. Therefore I am mildly embarrassed to be unable to explain why I don't like it. There's not a thing in it that doesn't work -- although extreme undercranking to make William a man who will fight three others barehanded and almost win seems wrong. Maybe it's Brandon Tynan as a senator who wants to go hunting the bad guys. Whatever it is, despite the competence in every department, I don't like it.