by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Counter-Espionage was the ninth film in Columbia's "Lone Wolf" series, based on characters created by Louis Joseph Vance. Warren William stars as Michael Lanyard, the suave ex-criminal known as The Lone Wolf. This time around, Lanyard is in London during the Blitz, where he finds himself up to his neck in Nazi spies. Counter-Espionage was one of several mid-1940s Columbia "series" films which dropped the name of the series from the title in hopes of attracting new audiences. Other examples of this trend include the "Blondie" episode It's a Great Life (43) and the "Boston Blackie" opus The Chance of a Lifetime (43).
characteristics
- Conspiracies
- Lone Wolves
- Double Life
- War
- Plans
- Nazism
- Man-servant
- Secret-plan
- Security-guard
- Servant
- Security-police
- Secrets
- Good-guy
- Bomb
- Bad-guy
