The Man Who Cried Wolf (film)

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The Man Who Cried Wolf
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Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Written by Charles Grayson
Sy Bartlett
Based onToo Clever to Live by Arthur Rohlsfel
Produced byE.M. Asher
Starring Lewis Stone
Barbara Read
Tom Brown
Cinematography George Robinson
Edited byFrank Gross
Music by Charles Previn
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
August 29, 1937
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Man Who Cried Wolf is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by Lewis R. Foster to a screenplay by Charles Grayson from Arthur Rohlsfel's story Too Clever to Live. The film featured Lewis Stone, Barbara Read, Tom Brown. [1]

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Plot

An actor prepares for a real murder by confessing to police to murders that he didn't commit.

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References

  1. John T. Soister Of Gods and Monsters: A Critical Guide to Universal Studios’ Science Fiction, Horror and Mystery Films, 1929–1939 1476604991 2014 Because The Man Who Cried Wolf concerns the protagonist's spiraling ever downward into his own private hell—despite...