Wolf Man, The

Wolf Man, The

1941

"Even a man who is pure at heart/And says his prayers by night/May become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms/And the moon is full and bright." Upon first hearing these words, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) dismisses them as childish federal. After all, this is the 20th Century; how can a human being turn into a werewolf? Talbot soon learns how when he attempts to rescue Jenny Williams (Fay Helm) from a nocturnal attack by a wolf. Collapsing, Talbot discovers upon reviving that Jenny is dead-and, lying by her side, is not the body of a beast, but of a gypsy named Bela (Bela Lugosi). The son of fortune teller Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), Bela was a Lycanthrope, or "wolf man." And now that he has been bitten by Bela, Talbot is cursed to suffer the torments of the damned whenever the moon is full.
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In many a distant village, there exists the Legend of the Werewolf or Wolf Man, a legend of a strange mortal man with the hair and fangs of an unearthly beast... his hideous howl, a dirge of death!

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81
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Film Detail

Genre
Horror - Drama
Length
1 hr. 10 mins.
US Theatrical Release
December 12, 1941
US Box Office
No Data Available
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection Digital Only
Resolution | Digital Platform
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.37:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
Universal Studios
Released
October 2, 2012
Acquired Date
December 22, 2014
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Actors

Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr.
Claude Rains
Claude Rains
Warren William
Warren William
Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy
Patric Knowles
Patric Knowles
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
Maria Ouspenskaya
Maria Ouspenskaya
Evelyn Ankers
Evelyn Ankers
J.M. Kerrigan
J.M. Kerrigan
Fay Helm
Fay Helm
Forrester Harvey
Forrester Harvey

Directors

George Waggner
George Waggner

Producers

George Waggner
George Waggner

Writers

Curt Siodmak
Curt Siodmak

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RT Fresh
91%
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72
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IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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