Cry Wolf (disambiguation)
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Cry wolf is an expression that means "raise a false alarm", derived from the fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf
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Cry Wolf may also refer to:
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In film and television:
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Boy Who Cried Wolf, is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index. From it is derived the English idiom 'to cry wolf', meaning to give a false alarm.-The fable and its history:...
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Cry Wolf may also refer to:
In music:
- "Cry Wolf" (Venom), 1983 song by Venom
- "Cry Wolf" (song)Cry Wolf (song)"Cry Wolf" is a song by Norwegian band A-ha. It was the second single from their 1986 Scoundrel Days album.The lyrics "Night I left the city I dreamt of a Wolf..." are credited to Lauren Savoy whom Pål later married....
, 1986 song by a-ha - "Cry Wolf" (Branigan), 1987 song by Laura Branigan later covered by Stevie Nicks
- "Cry Wolf" (Geronimo), 1994 song by Lisa Germano
- Cry Wolf (band)Cry Wolf (band)Cry Wolf is a melodic hard rock band formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in the mid-1980s. Originally named Heroes, the band consisted of Tim Hall , Steve McKnight , Phil Deckard , John Freixas and JC Crampton ....
, heavy metal band
In film and television:
- Cry Wolf (1947 film), mystery film starring Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck
- Cry Wolf (2005 film), murder mystery film starring Julian Morris and Lindy Booth
- "Cry Wolf" (Thunderbirds episode), an episode of the television series Thunderbirds
- "Columbo Cries Wolf", an episode of the television series ColumboColumboColumbo is an American crime fiction television film series, which starred Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. It was created by William Link and Richard Levinson. The show popularized the inverted detective story format...
See also
- Never Cry Wolf (book)Never Cry Wolf (book)Never Cry Wolf is a book by Canadian author Farley Mowat, first published in 1963 by McClelland and Stewart. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 1983. It has been credited for dramatically changing the public image of the wolf to a more positive one. It is presented as a first-person...
, 1963 book by Farley Mowat- Never Cry Wolf (film)Never Cry Wolf (film)Never Cry Wolf is a 1983 American drama film directed by Carroll Ballard. The film is an adaption of Farley Mowat's 1963 autobiography of the same name and stars Charles Martin Smith as a government biologist sent into the wilderness to study the caribou population, whose decline is believed to be...
, its film adaptation
- Never Cry Wolf (film)
- The Cry of the WolfThe Cry of the WolfThe Cry of the Wolf is the first novel by author Melvin Burgess. It was published in 1990 by Andersen Press Limited and republished by Puffin Books in 1991 and 1995....
, 1990 novel by Melvin Burgess - "Don't Cry WolfDon't Cry Wolf"Don't Cry Wolf" was a single by The Damned.Released in December 1977, the single was to be the group's last release for Stiff Records. It would also be the last studio recording by the band to feature either Brian James or Lu Edmunds - The Damned would split during their 1978 tour, and reform with...
", 1997 single by The Damned - Crying Wolf (film)Crying Wolf (film)Crying Wolf Exposing the Wolf Reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park is a 2011 independent documentary film by Jeffrey D. King, the founder of Broken Hints Media...
, a 2011 documentary film