Product Details

• Actors: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Basehart, Jerome Cowan
• Directors: Peter Godfrey
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: December 7, 1994
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303295568
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #116,053 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good mystery vechicle for Barbara Stanwyck, March 25, 2002

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Simon Davis (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cry Wolf [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a little known film of both Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn. While it is not up there with some of Barbara's classics like "Double Indemnity" "The Lady Eve' and "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers" it is still an extremely well made and tense mystery that keeps you guessing to the very end.
The strong, almost Gothic feel that the film possesses really adds to the atmosphere and I feel it is unique in that it was the only pairing of Barbara Stanwyck and Flynn, two of the greatest stars of the 30's and 40's. Errol Flynn performs in a role very different to his normal screen persona but I feel he does an admirable job in the subdued, slightly sinister character of Mark. Barbara Stanwyck i feel never gives a bad performance and she is her usual terrific self as the young woman coming to her (supposedly) dead husband's gloomy estate being determined to discover what really is going on there. The scenes of her trying to find these answers and all the strange things that happen add real tension to the proceedings. The scene where barbara sneaks into the Lab in particular is real nail biting stuff. Director Peter Godfrey who drew many fine performances out of Stanwyck over the years and here he really creates what i think is an exciting little mystery full of murder, dark rooms, the hint of insanity and very clever camera work.
I strongly recommend "Cry Wolf" not only for those like me who really love Barbara Stanwyck but for those that enjoy a good old fashioned mystery done with typical old Hollywood finese.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars MEDIOCRE MYSTERY., April 6, 2002

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"scotsladdie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cry Wolf [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In the opening scene of one of the least typical of Flynn's vehicles, Barbara Stanwyck plays a widow who arrives at a house of mourning much to the surprise of the family, who didn't know the deceased was married. Stanwyck reveals that this had been a marriage of convenience to help the young man get his inheritance held by his uncle, Mark (Errol, natch) and it was to be followed by divorce in six months. Flynn is suspicious of Stanwyck, while she definitely has cause to be suspicious of him, all this resulting in a fairly suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse. Dour, leering servants, a hysterically morbid niece (Geraldine Brooks) plus weird nocturnal noises all add flavour to the puzzling plot. Flynn underplays in a properly sinsiter, stuffy, and apparently sadistic manner, but in some scenes he's just plain wooden in his acting technique. An excellent Franz Waxman score tries to elevate the melodrama to greater heights but the rather banal dialogue and ultimately inept plot unfortunately defeat it. Stanwyck does her usual best, however she and Flynn have a decidedly odd chemistry.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Cry Wolf (1947) ... Flynn & Stanwyck ... Peter Godfrey (Director) (2010)", January 4, 2011

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J. Lovins "Mr. Jim" (Missouri-USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cry Wolf (DVD)

Warner Bros. Pictures presents "CRY WOLF" (19 August 1947) (83 min/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- The tense psychological drama Cry Wolf offers a fascinating if not altogether successful change of pace for action star Errol Flynn. Most of the story takes place at a remote and forbidding mansion, where Sandra Marshall (Barbara Stanwyck), the widow of the house's owner, arrives to take charge --- An apparent gold digger, Sandra refuses to be bought off with a small cash settlement and insists on claiming her late husband's entire estate, which earns her a powerful enemy in the form of research scientist Mark Caldwell (Flynn) --- Upon learning that her headstrong sister-in-law Julie (Geraldine Brooks) is kept a virtual prisoner in the house, Sandra begins suspecting that Caldwell is up to no good - a suspicion seemingly confirmed when Julie dies under mysterious circumstances --- But as the story slowly unravels, it becomes clear that Caldwell is actually -- best not to give too much away here.

Cry Wolf was Geraldine Brooks' first film, and the second for her costar Richard Basehart

Under the production staff of:
Peter Godfrey [Director]
Catherine Turney [Screenplay]
Marjorie Carleton [Novel]
Henry Blanke .[Producer]
Jack L. Warner [Exective Producer]
Errol Flynn [Associaate Producer]
Franz Waxman [Original Film Music]
Carl E. Guthrie [Cinematographer]
Folmar Blangsted [Film Editor]

BIOS:
1. Peter Godfrey [Director]
Date of Birth: 16 October 1899, London, England, UK
Date of Death: 4 March 1970, Hollywood, California

2. Errol Flynn [aka: Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn]
Date of Birth: 20 June 1909, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Death: 14 October 1959, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

3. Barbara Stanwyck (aka: Ruby Catherine Stevens)
Date of Birth: 16 July 1907 - Brooklyn, New York
Date of Death: 20 January 1990 - Santa Monica, California

the cast includes:
Errol Flynn - Mark Caldwell
Barbara Stanwyck ... Sandra Marshall
Geraldine Brooks - Julie Demarest
Richard Basehart - James Caldwell Demarest
Jerome Cowan - Sen. Charles Caldwell
John Ridgely - Jackson Laidell
Patricia Barry - Angela, Maid (as Patricia White)

Mr. Jim's Ratings:
Quality of Picture & Sound: 5 Stars
Performance: 5 Stars
Story & Screenplay: 5 Stars
Overall: 5 Stars [Original Music, Cinematography & Film Editing]

Total Time: 83 min on DVD ~ Warner Bros. Pictures ~ (12/22/2010)