The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady is a 1940 American drama directed by Sidney Salkow, starring Warren William, Eric Blore and Jean Muir.

[3] The film also introduces a sidekick for Lanyard, his bumbling valet Jamison, played by Eric Blore.

[4] A reformed jewel thief tries to clear a society beauty of murder charges.

[5] In February 1940 the MPAA/PCA informed Columbia that a number of changes in the script were necessary before the film could receive certification.

Among the many demands by PCA were that the "radio announcer must not be characterized, in any way, as a pansy"; that the drinking in the film be "held to an absolute minimum"; that the hiccuping be eliminated; that the "business of Pete slapping and cuffing Joan" be eliminated; that the film not reveal the details of the crime; and that there be "no showing of panties or other particularly intimate garments.