They were good chums, and he asked her to marry him so he could circumvent the rules of his trust fund, which stipulated that he could not get any of his money before the age of 30, unless he were married. When Flynn, obviously suspicious of her abrupt presentation, questions her on her supposed secret marriage to his nephew with the enormous trust fund, she replies in quite an open and businesslike way that she and the nephew, who is named Jim Demarest, were not in love. She is supposed to be a woman possibly in her late 20s, who has just completed her doctoral studies in Geology. Perhaps the longer, darker hair was used in this film purposely to emphasize her youth. I wonder if this is the last time we would see Barbara Stanwyck with light brown, shoulder-length hair? She soon adopted the 1950s shorter cuts and famously let her hair turn gray. Cowan’s most memorable movie role was probably as the attorney who prosecutes Edmund Gwenn in “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947), and he also played in a slew of “Blondie” movies, but he has one of those reliable character actor faces that make you think you’ve seen him in just about everything. Jerome Cowan has a small role as Flynn’s brother, a United States Senator, with whom Flynn shares urgent, whispered conferences and hasty plans. Miss Stanwyck barges in on the preparations for the funeral announcing she is the bride of his nephew. Flynn is Mark Caldwell, whose nephew and ward has suddenly died. Instead, we have a spirited Barbara Stanwyck as woman on a mission, part Nancy Drew and part commando. ![]() They’re all at casting calls for other movies. However, Maria Ouspenskaya is nowhere to be seen, so you may rest easy. We might even wonder if the title, “Cry Wolf” infers the presence of werewolves on this foggy bit of real estate. This movie even starts with credits printed in an exaggerated font that wipe mistily away, evoking the melting style of 1930s monster movies. We’re dovetailing themes here, concluding a two-part look at Flynn’s non-Errol roles, and beginning a couple of weeks of Halloween-themed offerings. As someone-or something-starts hunting the players themselves, the game turns terrifyingly real.In “Cry Wolf” (1947), we have another look at a non-swashbuckling Errol Flynn, this time as the master of a gloomy country estate where family secrets are deadly. The described "victims" suddenly start to disappear, Owen, Dodger, and Tom are no longer able to determine where the lies end and the truth begins. ![]() Journalism teacher, Rich Walker, warns the group about the kinds of predators that lurk on the internet does Owen begin to regret sending their falsified story into cyberspace. The mischievous group's description of "The Wolf's" intended victims are based on the people they know best-each other. Owen's suggestion, his new friends decide to expand their game's reach beyond campus, by spreading an online rumor that a serial killer called "The Wolf" committed the recent murderĪnd is planning to strike again. Owen quickly falls in with the school's unofficial "liars' club," including the beautiful and saavy Dodger and quick-talking, short-tempered Tom. After one too many incidents of bad behavior at his last school, Owen Matthews arrives at Westlake Prep-where a young woman has recently been found murdered in the dark woods
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