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Title: The Wolf Man (1941)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Lon Chaney Jr. | ... | Larry Talbot - The Wolf Man (as Lon Chaney) | |
| Claude Rains | ... | Sir John Talbot | |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | Colonel Montford | |
| Warren William | ... | Dr. Lloyd | |
| Patric Knowles | ... | Frank Andrews | |
| Bela Lugosi | ... | Bela | |
| Maria Ouspenskaya | ... | Maleva | |
| Evelyn Ankers | ... | Gwen Conliffe | |
| Fay Helm | ... | Jenny | |
| J.M. Kerrigan | ... | Charles Conliffe | |
| Forrester Harvey | ... | Twiddle | |
Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. He visits a gypsy camp with village girl Jenny Williams, who is attacked by Bela, a gypsy who has turned into a werewolf. Larry kills the werewolf but is bitten during the fight. Bela's mother tells him that this will cause him to become a werewolf at each full moon. Larry confesses his plight to his unbelieving father, Sir John, who then joins the villagers in a hunt for the wolf. Transformed by the full moon, Larry heads for the forest and a fateful meeting with both Sir John and Gwen Conliffe. Written by Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
I can't tell you how many times I have seen it but it has to be over 40. Lon Chaney Jr. gives his best performance (he even acknowledged that in an magazine interview once) and is sensational. Not only can he act but he can act with a vengeance. Claude Rains is his loving and sympathetic yet as he puts it himself a stiff necked and demonstrative father who wants to protect his son from well, himself. Evelyn Ankers is outrageously beautiful and captivating. Chaney and her bond like crazy glue to your finger. And the funny thing is they despised each other in real life just like Errol Flynn and Olivia DeHavilland did off the set of Robin Hood. It shows you that in those days actors and actresses really had to ACT. Chaney convinces you he loves this woman but cannot bear the unbearable burden of being cursed and damned to eternal life. Only 90 minutes long but there is enough there to thrill you and it was one of Hollywood's best horror films many consider it to be the best classic horror film ever made. I would say I would have to agree with them.