The Lone Wolf

The Lone Wolf is a 1917 American silent drama film based on the 1914 novel The Lone Wolf by Louis Joseph Vance. Starring Bert Lytell and Hazel Dawn, it was adapted for the screen by George Edwardes-Hall and produced and directed by Herbert Brenon. No prints of the film are known to survive, so it is currently classified as lost. Synopsis Burke is a master crook who adopts a young boy (Marcel) after the boy saves him from being arrested by the police. Burke then teaches the youngster how to be a crook, and after he becomes a master in the profession, he changes his name and works as Michael Lanyard. The Paris police give him the moniker of "The Lone Wolf", due to his unique work in the profession. However, a gang of criminals (The Pack) has taken notice of his clever work, and tell him that unless he joins their gang, they will destroy him. Lucy is an undercover agent posing as a crook to infiltrate the gang, and goes on to help the Wolf escape the gang via a plane to England. The Pack follows them, but are killed in a plane crash. After the gang is killed, "The Wolf" swears he will go straight and he eventually marries Lucy. Cast Hazel Dawn as Lucy Shannon Bert Lytell as Michael Lanyard (The Lone Wolf) Cornish Beck as Marcel Stephen Grattan as Burke Alfred Hickman as Eckstrom Ben Graham as Thibault Robert Fisher as Bannon William Riley Hatch as De Moriban Joseph Chailles as Popinot William E. Shay as Werthheimer Edward Abeles as Ducroy Florence Ashbrooke as Madame Troyon Juliet Brenon as Thibault's maid Background