Wolves is a 1930 British crime film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Charles Laughton, Dorothy Gish and Malcolm Keen. The screenplay concerns a woman who is captured by a gang of criminals operating in the Arctic, only for the leader to later help her escape.[1] It was based on a play by Georges Toudouze. It was produced by Herbert Wilcox's British and Dominions Film Corporation, but filmed at the Blattner Studios whilst sound equipment was being installed at Wilcox's nearby Imperial Studios, and the sound was added after filming was completed.[2] It was Gish's first sound film, and was Laughton's second talkie (but his first sound drama), having completed a film of a musical variety performance earlier the same year. Of 57 minutes original duration, it was released in 1936 in a 37-minute version retitled "Wanted Men".
Wolves | |
---|---|
Directed by | Albert de Courville |
Written by | Reginald Berkeley Georges Toudouze |
Produced by | Herbert Wilcox British and Dominions Film Corporation |
Starring | Charles Laughton Dorothy Gish Malcolm Keen |
Cinematography | David Kesson Roy F. Overbaugh |
Production company | Blattner Studios |
Distributed by | Woolf & Freedman Film Service J.H. Hoffberg Company |
Release date | May 1930 |
Running time | 57 minutes (1930) 37 minutes (1936) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
![]() | This article needs a plot summary. (June 2021) |
The films of Albert de Courville | |
---|---|
|
![]() | This article related to a British film of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This 1930s crime film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |