''Cry of the Werewolf'' is a 1944 American

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directed by Henry Levin and starring

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and Barton MacLane.

Plot

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princess descended from Marie LaTour has the ability to change into a

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at will, just like her late mother. When she learns that Marie LaTour's tomb has been discovered, she decides to use her talent to kill everyone who knows the location, because it is a

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secret that only her people are allowed to know.

Cast

as Princess Celeste LaTour *

as Robert 'Bob' Morris *

as Elsa Chauvet *

as Bianca * Barton MacLane as Police Lt. Barry Lane

Production

The film was developed with the working title of ''Bride of the Vampire''.

Release

''Cry of the Werewolf'' premiered in New York on August 17, 1944. ''Cry of the Werewolf'' was issued theatrically as a double feature with ''

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'' and continued to received theatrical re-releases into the early 1950s.

Reception

Michael R. Pitts described the film's reception as "mixed" on its initial release. ''

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'' stated that " ere is absolutely nothing original in this utterly suspenseless film" while a reviewer in '' Sunday-Times Signal'' proclaimed that "Horror fans are in for a thrill iththe story of dread voodoo murders, horrifying tribal rites and a fantastic feast of death in which lovely and talented Nina Foch plays the women werewolf whose mother terrorized millions and because of whose sins Nina can never marry." in 1962,

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included the film in his list of worst horror films list in ''

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''. Dante stated the film was "a pretty dismal hunk of nonsense. Tho Nina Foch as the werewoman killed people left & right it was still a bore."

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