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The Wolf Man

United States

1941

70 Min
Black and White
1.37:1
English
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DIR George Waggner

PROD George Waggner

SCR Curt Siodmak

CAST Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, Maria Ouspenskaya

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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. Larry, transformed by the full moon, heads for the forest and a fateful meeting with both Sir John and Gwen. —IMDb

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Erick

22Feb12

Though they are all masterpieces, I feel this one (along with Frankenstein) are the only of the Universal Monster pictures that can leave a chilling impression by today's standards.

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Edward Copeland

12Dec11

The last of the major Universal monsters to join the fold, with a script by Curt Siodmak, it also had one of the most intelligent scripts that emphasized psychological horror over easy scares. http://eddieonfilm.blogspot.com/2010/12/even-man-who-is-pure-at-heart.html

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Shelley

11Oct11

pretty creepy and enthralling. I really enjoyed the "hallucination"/change over scene with the pentagrams, necklaces and stuff. this was a great Universal picture.

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Spencer Draper

15Jul11

This is probably the most serviceable of all the big title Universal classics. (Probably due to it being in the later 40's cycle.) It isn't up to the same memorable standards as others but still is a great movie in its own right. Larry Talbot was truly Lon Chaney Jr's baby though. And you can never go wrong with Claude Rains. Strangely there is a moment in the score that sounds just like Danny Elfman's Batman theme.

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Anachronisms and Pure of Heart BS

By Byron Brubake​r on September 4, 2011

This was not all that great, despite the fact I really wanted to like this classic. The anachronisms of English mansions, European gypsy bands, horse and carriage on one hand with the car, telescope…  read review

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