Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Director:

Henry Levin

Writers:

Griffin Jay (screenplay)
Griffin Jay (story)
(more)

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 aka Princess Celeste
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, the Lab Technician
John Tyrrell	...	Mac - the Museum Guard
Robert Williams	...	Homer, the Detective
Fritz Leiber	...	Dr. Charles Morris
Milton Parsons	...	Adamson, the Undertaker
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Al Bridge	...	Coroner at Inquest (uncredited)
George Eldredge	...	George Latour (uncredited)
Tiny Jones	...	Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
George Magrill	...	Front Door Police Guard (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Hector Sarno	...	Gypsy (uncredited)
Harry Semels	...	Gypsy (uncredited)
Ray Teal	...	Policeman Ed (uncredited)
Al Thompson	...	Sheep rancher (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry Levin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Griffin Jay		screenplay
Griffin Jay		story
Charles O'Neal		screenplay

Produced by
Wallace MacDonald	....	producer

Original Music by
Mischa Bakaleinikoff		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
L. William O'Connell		(as L.W. O'Connell)

Film Editing by
Reg Browne

Art Direction by
Lionel Banks
George Brooks

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milton Feldman	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Lambert E. Day	....	sound technician (as Lambert Day)

Music Department
Mischa Bakaleinikoff	....	musical director
George Antheil	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Victor Schertzinger	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1944) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (1949) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)

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)

Nadir of werewolvery

I may possibly have seen worse werewolf movies than this but if so have mercifully expunged them from my memory bank The plot while perfunctory is adequate-a Romany princess is descended from Marie Laveau,and like her late mother can turn herself into a wolf when required.This she deems is a skill she needs when a team from the local museum discover the whereabouts of Ms Laveau's tomb which the Romanies decree must be kept secret.Thus she begins to work her way through the team by metamporphosing into a wolf The budget does not extend to on-screen transformations but the budget is not the problem.Val Lewton never had much in the way of money to spend when creating masterpieces like The Cat People,The Leopard Man or Bedlam.What he did have was imagination and flair -qualities lacking in this trudge through cliche after cliche Badly acted and directed and made by people with no feel or enthusiasm for the horror genre

Avoid.