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Director:
Writers:
Michael Arlen (story)
Lynn Root (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
24 October 1941 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The bold adventurer who's as smooth with the ladies as he's clever with crime!...Fiction's slickest super sleuth, created by Michael Arlen and portrayed by the star who thrilled you as "The Saint". more
Plot:
The Falcon investigates jewel thieves who are working with hard up socialites to defraud insurance companies. First of the Falcon series. | full synopsis
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The Falcon movies on TCM 11.20.09 more (10 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
George Sanders ... Gay Lawrence / The Falcon
Wendy Barrie ... Helen Reed
Allen Jenkins ... Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke
Nina Vale ... Elinor Benford (as Anne Hunter)
Gladys Cooper ... Maxine Wood
Edward Brophy ... Detective Bates
Arthur Shields ... Inspector Mike Waldeck
Damian O'Flynn ... Noel Weber
Turhan Bey ... Manuel Retana
Eddie Dunn ... Detective Grimes
Lucile Gleason ... Mrs. Vera Gardner
Willie Fung ... Jerry
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Florence Bates ... (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
67 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-11 (2005) | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #7362)

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Trivia:
This film, the first in RKO's series of films based on Michael Arlen's character "The Falcon," was the only one actually based on an Arlen story. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by The Falcon's Adventure (1946) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
The Falcon movies on TCM 11.20.09, 21 October 2009
Author: ynotryme from United States

They will start at 6AM est.

All of the movies starring George Sanders and Tom Conway. Set up your Dvrs. Starting with the "The Gay Falcon" Gay Falcon, (1942) A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.Cast: George Sanders, Lynn Bari, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins. A Date With The Falcon. The Falcon Takes Over. The Falcon's Brother. The Falcon Strikes Back. The Falcon In Danger. The Falcon And The Co-Eds. The Falcon Out West. The Falcon In Mexico. The Falcon In Hollywood. The Falcon In San Francisco. Personally, I prefer Conway to Sanders. Just as I enjoy the Falcon over the Saint or the other "B" detectives. Set back and enjoy each of these wonderful movies.

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