The Wolf Man

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film horror film werewolf film

The Wolf Man is a classic 1941 Universal horror film about a man cursed to become a werewolf, widely regarded as one of the defining works of the werewolf genre.

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Label	Occurrences
The Wolf Man canonical	10
The Wolf Man (1941 film)	6
The Wolf Man (1941 film character)	1
The Wolf Man (1941 film score)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ horror film ⓘ werewolf film ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
castMember	Bela Lugosi ⓘ Claude Rains ⓘ Evelyn Ankers ⓘ Lon Chaney Jr. ⓘ Maria Ouspenskaya ⓘ Patric Knowles ⓘ Ralph Bellamy ⓘ Warren William ⓘ
character	Bela ⓘ Gwen Conliffe ⓘ Lawrence Talbot ⓘ surface form: Larry Talbot Maleva ⓘ Sir John Talbot ⓘ
cinematographer	Joseph A. Valentine ⓘ
composer	Hans J. Salter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReputation	considered a classic of the horror genre ⓘ
director	George Waggner ⓘ
distributor	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor	Ted J. Kent ⓘ
featuresCreature	werewolf ⓘ
followedBy	Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man ⓘ
genre	fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ
hasRemake	The Wolfman ⓘ surface form: The Wolfman (2010 film)
influenced	later werewolf films ⓘ
leadActor	Lon Chaney Jr. ⓘ
mainCharacter	Lawrence Talbot ⓘ surface form: Larry Talbot
makeupArtist	Jack Pierce ⓘ
notableFor	codifying many cinematic werewolf tropes ⓘ popularizing the idea of silver as a weakness for werewolves ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Universal Classic Monsters ⓘ surface form: Universal Classic Monsters film series
plotSummary	A man returns to his ancestral home and is cursed to become a werewolf after being bitten. ⓘ
producer	George Waggner ⓘ
productionCompany	Universal Pictures ⓘ
protagonistPortrayedBy	Lon Chaney Jr. ⓘ
releaseDate	1941-12-12 ⓘ
releaseYear	1941 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	70 ⓘ
screenwriter	Curt Siodmak ⓘ
setInPeriod	contemporary to time of release ⓘ
setting	Wales ⓘ
storyBy	Curt Siodmak ⓘ
studioEra	Universal Classic Monsters ⓘ surface form: Universal Classic Monsters era

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Claude Rains → notableWork → The Wolf Man ⓘ

Universal Classic Monsters → notableCharacter → The Wolf Man ⓘ

Universal Classic Monsters → notableWork → The Wolf Man ⓘ