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The Trap
Also known as The Heart of a Wolf in the United Kingdom
(1922) American
B&W : Six reels / 5481 feet
Directed by Robert T. Thornby

Cast: Lon Chaney [Gaspard], Alan Hale [Benson], Dagmar Godowsky [Thalie], Stanley Goethals [the boy], Irene Rich [the teacher], Spottiswoode Aitken [the factor], Herbert Standing [the priest], Frank Campeau [the police sergeant]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by George C. Hull, from a screen story by [?] George C. Hull and/or Lucien Hubbard, Lon Chaney and Irving Thalberg? Cinematography by Virgil Miller. / © 9 May 1922 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP17860]. Premiered circa 6 May 1922 in New York, New York. Released 9 May 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Drama: Northwest.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 38.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Keywords: Animals: Wolves - Canada - Moonlight - Rescues - Revenge

Listing updated: 16 October 2011.

References: Film viewing : Edmonds-BigU pp. 121, 122; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 38; Limbacher-Feature p. 257; Weaver-Twenty pp. 28, 76 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.