Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Director:

Henry Levin

Writers:

Griffin Jay (screenplay)
Griffin Jay (story)

Release Date:

17 August 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

As a woman she wanted LOVE! As a werewolf she wanted BLOOD!

Plot:

Young woman raised by gypsies is actually daughter of a werewolf. She starts killing those who know about her. |

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | New Orleans

Cast

Nina Foch	...	Marie Latour
Stephen Crane	...	Robert 'Bob' Morris
Osa Massen	...	Elsa Chauvet
Blanche Yurka	...	Bianca
Barton MacLane	...	Lt. Barry Lane
Ivan Triesault	...	Jan Spavero
John Abbott	...	Peter Althius
Fred Graff	...	Pinkie
John Tyrrell	...	Mac
Robert Williams	...	Homer
Fritz Leiber	...	Dr. Charles Morris
Milton Parsons	...	Adamson

Runtime:

63 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In order to get the wolf to snarl and gnash it's teeth for the camera, a clearly visible rubber band was placed around it's upper jaw and snout. It is most easily seen in the footage running behind the opening credits.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Creature Features: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man/Cry of the Werewolf (#1.32)" (1971)

Not a bad film...........

I enjoyed this film precisely due to the reasons that another reviewer DIDN"T! It was interesting to have a woman as a werewolf, there was no werewolf costume used, and there was an element of mystery in the proceedings.

I enjoyed the Val Lewton-ish scene in the mortuary basement where the hero is being stalked by the werewolf!

I myself am glad that the werewolf transformation scene was done in shadow (the Val Lewton touch), as the special effects of the time were far removed from today's slick computer-created animations. Anything other than the way it was done would've looked SILLY.

A nifty, seldom-seen film! Norm

(PS. Hull's makeup looks MUCH more "wolfish" than Cheney Jr's!).