Can the sympathetic werewolf figure be separated from Lon Chaney's Larry Talbot?

We try to answer that question with THE WEREWOLF (1956) from director Fred Sears and producer Sam Katzman! Steven Ritch plays the science-based werewolf facing off Don Megowan's small town sheriff.

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