She-Wolf of London (film)

For the (unrelated) television series, see She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London is a 1946 horror film produced by Universal Studios, directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring June Lockhart and Don Porter. The title evokes the earlier Werewolf of London (1935), although, unlike its forebear, it is concerned more with mystery and suspense than supernatural horror. The film was released as a double feature with The Cat Creeps.

Plot

Phyllis Allenby is a young and beautiful woman who is soon to be married to lawyer and boyfriend Barry Lanfield. Phyllis is living at the Allenby Mansion without the protection of a male, along with her aunt Martha and her cousin Carol and the servant Hannah. As the wedding date approaches, London is shocked by a series of murders at the local park, where the victims are discovered with throats ripped out. Many of the detectives at Scotland Yard begin murmuring about werewolves, while Inspector Pierce believes the opposite and suspects strange activity at the Allenby Mansion (which is near the park), where the "Wolf-Woman" is seen prowling at night and heading for the park. Phyllis becomes extremely terrified and anxious, since she is convinced that she is the "Wolf-Woman", deeply believing in the legend of the so-called "Curse of the Allenbys". Aunt Martha tries to convince Phyllis how ridiculous the legend sounds, while she (aunt Martha) and Carol are suspicious in their own ways. Phyllis each day denies of Barry visiting her, and when a suspicious detective is murdered soon after he visits the mansion in the same way the other victims perished, Barry begins believing that something else is beside the so-called "Werewolf murders" and makes his own investigations both to the park and to the mansion.

Cast

• June Lockhart as Phyllis Allenby
• Don Porter as Barry Lanfield
• Sara Haden as Martha Winthrop
• Jan Wiley as Carol Winthrop
• Lloyd Corrigan as Det. Latham
• Dennis Hoey as Inspector Pierce
• Martin Kosleck as Dwight Severn
• Eily Malyon as Hannah, the housekeeper
• Frederick Worlock as Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs

External links

• She Wolf of London at the Internet Movie Database
• She-Wolf of London at the TCM Movie Database
• She-Wolf of London at AllRovi