Cry of the Werewolf poster

Cast

Nina Foch profile

Nina Foch

Celeste

Stephen Crane profile

Stephen Crane

Robert 'Bob' Morris

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Osa Massen

Elsa Chauvet

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Barton MacLane

Lt. Barry Lane

John Abbott profile

John Abbott

Peter Althius (uncredited)

Fred Graff profile

Fred Graff

Pinky (uncredited)

Fritz Leiber profile

Fritz Leiber

Dr. Charles Morris (uncredited...

Milton Parsons profile

Milton Parsons

Adamson (uncredited)

Ray Teal profile

Ray Teal

Ed, a Policeman (uncredited)

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Ivan Triesault

Jan Spavero (uncredited)

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

US

Reviews

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A review by CyrusPK

December 21, 2020

Columbia Pictures did not really embrace the horror genre in the 1940s in the way that Universal, and to a lesser extent, RKO did. They did produce Return of the Vampire (1943) which proved a good showcase for Bela Lugosi in one of his few on-screen vampire roles and a had a couple of eerie scenes as well as a very talkative tormented werewolf.

Cry of the Werewolf is one of the very few other explorations in horror the studio attempted and it notably avoids the tormented werewolf tr...

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A review by CinemaSerf 5

June 30, 2022

Nina Foch is quite efficient in this run-of-the-mill drama. She is a gypsy princess "Celeste", whom, we learn quite early on, has an interestingly carnivorous diet! Now I suppose what lets this down is that, from a creative perspective, the use of an actual beastie rather than a costume-clad person robs it of something. I could imagine someone like Rudd Weatherwax just out of shot calling the real shots. As it is therefore, it's all a rather formulaic story. The production is ee...

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