The Wolf Man (1941)
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The Wolf Man (1941, USA) is a Werewolf Horror film directed by George Waggner.
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- Featured in: Terror in The Aisles | The Wolf Man: Complete Legacy Collection | Universal Classic Monsters Collection
Main Details
- Released on December 12, 1941
- B&W
- Running time: 70 minutes
- Production and Distribution co.: Universal Pictures
- Directed by George Waggner
- Written by Curt Siodmak
- Starring: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy
Plot summary
A man is attacked by a werewolf, despite his rational mind telling him such a thing is impossible.
Taglines
- 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!
- Night monster... prowling... killing... terrifying a countryside... with the blood lust of a savage beast!
- MAN TURNED BEAST...his unearthly body a twitching tomb of strange desires! (Print Ad-Times Record, ((Troy NY)) 9 January 1942)
- A SUPER SHOCKER TO MAKE YOUR HEARTS POUND AND YOUR NERVES JUMPY! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 9, 1942 -all caps)
- CAN YOU TAKE IT? HIS HIDEOUS HOWL OF DEATH!(print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 9, 1942 - all caps)
- A Living Horror!...an unearthly body becomes a twitching tomb of strange desires! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 9, 1942)
- THE NEW MASTER CHARACTER CREATOR LON CHANEY AS 'THE WOLF MAN'( print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 9, 1942 - all caps)
- IS HE A MAN...OR UNHOLY BEAST? (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Broadway Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - June 27, 1942 - all caps)
- For Thrills and Chills see...(print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Broadway Theatre - June 27, 1942)
- TERROR.. on a Rampage! DEATH-on the loose! (Print Ad- San Jose Evening News, ((San Jose, Calif.)) 27 February 1942)
- THE MOST SPECTACULAR HORROR SHOW OF ALL TIME, PACKED WITH THRILLS AND CHILLS! (print ad - Bangor Daily News - Park Theatre - Bangor, Maine - January 1, 1943 - all caps)
