The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

Cast

Warren William

as Michael Lanyard

June Storey

as Gloria Foster

Henry Wilcoxon

as Frank Jordan

Eric Blore

as Jamison

Thurston Hall

as Inspector Crane

Don Beddoe

as Sheriff Haggerty

Evalyn Knapp

as Evelyn Jordan

Fred Kelsey

as Detective Dickens

William Forrest

as Vic Hilton

Walter Kingsford

as Dr. Hooper Tupman

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Warren William is the eponymous trouble maker for poor old "Insp. Crane" (Thurston Hall) who bets him that he can't behave himself for just one day! Well, of course he can't - indeed pretty sharpish he and stalwart "Jamison" (Eric Blore) are up to their necks in the theft of some US treasury plates ...

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