To cry wolf means to raise a false alarm, derived from the fable ''
The Boy Who Cried Wolf''.
Cry Wolf may also refer to:
Music
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Cry Wolf (band)
Cry Wolf is a hair metal band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1980s. Originally named Heroes, the original band consisted of Tim Hall (vocals), Steve McKnight (guitar), Phil Deckard (bass), John Freixas (drums) and JC Crampton ( ...
, a heavy metal band
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''Cry Wolf'' (album), their first album
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"Cry Wolf" (A-ha song), a 1986 song
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"Cry Wolf" (Laura Branigan song), a 1987 song later covered by Stevie Nicks
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Cry Wolf (Cavo song)
This is a comprehensive discography of official recordings by Cavo, an American hard rock band from St. Louis, Missouri. Cavo has released three studio albums, five extended plays, eight singles and five music video
A music video is a video ...
, an album by Cavo
* "Cry Wolf", a song by Venom from the 1983 album ''
At War with Satan''
* "Cry Wolf", a song by Lisa Germano from the 1994 album ''
Geek the Girl
''Geek the Girl'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Lisa Germano. A breakthrough of sorts for her, it was released on October 25, 1994 by 4AD, just six months after the re-release of her previous album, ''Happiness''.
The ...
''
* "Cry Wolf", a song by Jonathan Thulin from the 2015 album
''Science Fiction'' (Jonathan Thulin album)
Film and television
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''Cry Wolf'' (1947 film), starring Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck
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''Cry Wolf'' (1968 film), a British film produced by the
Children's Film Foundation
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''Cry Wolf'' (2005 film), starring Julian Morris and Lindy Booth
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"Cry Wolf" (''The Professionals''), 1983 television episode
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"Cry Wolf" (''Thunderbirds'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Thunderbirds''
* "Cry Wolf!", an
episode of the television series ''Fireman Sam''
* "Cry Wolf!", an
episode of the television series ''The Raccoons''
Literature
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''Cry Wolf'' (novel), a 1976 novel by Wilbur Smith
* ''Cry Wolf'' (2008 novel), a 2008 fantasy novel by
Patricia Briggs
* ''Cry Wolf'' (2020 book), non-fiction book by
Harold R. Johnson
Harold R. Johnson (August 30, 1954–February 9, 2022) was a Canadian indigenous lawyer and writer, whose book ''Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (And Yours)'' was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-lan ...
Video games
* "Cry Wolf", the last episode of the game ''
The Wolf Among Us''
See also
* ''
Cry Wolfe
''Cry Wolfe'' is an American television show created for Investigation Discovery.
Plot
''Cry Wolfe'' uses actors to reenact some of private investigator Brian Wolfe's most interesting cases. His cases include cheating spouses, workplace theft, an ...
'', an American television show
* ''
Never Cry Wolf
''Never Cry Wolf'' is an account of the author's experience observing wolves in subarctic Canada by Farley Mowat, first published in 1963 by McClelland and Stewart. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1983. It has been credited for dra ...
'', 1963 autobiographical work by Farley Mowat
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''Never Cry Wolf'' (film), its film adaptation
* ''
The Cry of the Wolf'', 1990 novel by Melvin Burgess
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Don't Cry Wolf (disambiguation) Don't Cry Wolf may refer to:
* "Don't Cry Wolf" (song), a 1977 song by the Damned
* ''Don't Cry Wolf'' (album), a 1986 album by London
* ''Don't Cry Wolf'' (film), a 2003 Swedish comedy film
See also
* Cry Wolf (disambiguation)
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* ''
Crying Wolf
Crying is the dropping of tears (or welling of tears in the eyes) in response to an emotional state, or pain. Emotions that can lead to crying include sadness, anger, and even happiness. The act of crying has been defined as "a complex secre ...
'', a 2011 documentary film
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The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (disambiguation) ''The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' may refer to:
* ''The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' (1973 film), a 1973 film directed by Nathan H. Juran
* ''The Boy Who Cried Werewolf'' (2010 film), a 2010 Nickelodeon telemovie
*'The Boy Who Cried Werewolf', Season 1 ...
, two films of the same name
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