Directed by Irvin Willat
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
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The second Lone Wolf feature, and apparently earliest surviving as the first one is lost, stars Henry B. Walthall as the jewel thief turned spy during the war. Lon Chaney, in a supporting role as a German officer, is his arch enemy both militarily and personally, since Chaney killed his sister years earlier. Walthall walks away from the trenches to the British side. He's got secret papers hidden inside a small cylinder that earns him a free boat ride to the US, his home country. His ship is sunk by the Germans and he ends up on their submarine. He escapes while they are at their hidden port in Martha's Vineyard and eventually makes his way to New York for a final showdown with Chaney. The serpentine plot is difficult to follow, particularly on a print where much of the titles are illegible. Nonetheless, there are a couple of memorable scenes, such as Chaney racked with guilt seeing dead people swimming outside his window and some stunt work atop a NYC skyscraper.
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