The Lone Wolf Returns (1935 film)

The Lone Wolf Returns
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Lionel Houser Joseph Krumgold Bruce Manning
Based on	the 1923 novel The Lone Wolf Returns by Louis Joseph Vance
Produced by	Robert North
Starring	Melvyn Douglas Gail Patrick Tala Birell
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Viola Lawrence
Music by	Howard Jackson (uncredited)
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1935 (1935-12-31)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Lone Wolf Returns is a 1935 American mystery crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick and Tala Birell. Douglas plays jewel thief Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf. Retired, the Lone Wolf is forced back into crime, but turns the tables on his enemies. It is based on the 1923 Louis Joseph Vance novel The Lone Wolf Returns, which had previously been made into a 1926 film of the same name.

Cast

• Melvyn Douglas as Michael Lanyard
• Gail Patrick as Marcia Stewart
• Tala Birell as Liane Mallison
• Henry Mollison as "Mal" Mallison
• Thurston Hall as Inspector Crane
• Raymond Walburn as Jenkins
• Douglass Dumbrille as Morphew
• Nana Bryant as Aunt Julie Stewart
• Robert Middlemass as Chief of Detectives McGowan
• Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective Benson

Reception

The New York Times critic Frank Nugent gave the film a poor review, writing, "the time may pass pleasantly enough if this sort of thing is new to you, or if you may be beguiled into a more charitable mood by the performances of Mr. Douglas, Douglas Dumbrille and Raymond Walburn or by the beauty of Gail Patrick and Tala Birell. Speaking for ourselves, we thought the Lone Wolf had picked the wrong night to howl—wrong by fifteen years."

External links

• The Lone Wolf Returns at IMDb
• The Lone Wolf Returns at the TCM Movie Database
• The Lone Wolf Returns at AllMovie