Lon Chaney Junior plays Larry Talbot son of the local squire ( Claude Rains ) in Llanwelly ( though you'd be hard pressed to spot a Welsh accent in the film ) who returns to the ancestral home. While courting a local beauty he intervenes when her friend is attacked by a wolf and kills it though he sustains a bite. He then learns that he has actually killed gypsy fortune teller Bela ( Lugosi in a very meagre role ) and now he too will become a werewolf.
The film is marred by Ralph Bellamy's plot resolution at the end which makes no sense at all but otherwise it's a worthy addition to the Universal canon.
Evelyn Ankers ( as Gwen Conliffe )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
It's a bit hard to believe that Gwen would fall for bovine Larry when he admits to stalking her at their first meeting but maybe that sort of behaviour was more acceptable then.
Fay Helm ( as Jenny Williams )
Sex : No
Death : Has her throat torn out by werewolf Bela.
You know Jenny is doomed from the moment she appears.
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