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24 October 1941 (USA) moreTagline:
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". morePlot:
The Falcon investigates jewel thieves who are working with hard up socialites to defraud insurance companies. First of the Falcon series. | full synopsisUser Comments:
Pleasant entry in the Falcon series... moreCast
(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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Florence Bates | ... | (scenes deleted) | |
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67 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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Leslie Charteris sued RKO contending that "The Falcon" was "The Saint", his creation, in disguise. The disposition of the suit has not been discovered. moreFAQ
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This is a pleasant B-film from The Falcon series with (by today's standards) a misleading title.
GEORGE SANDERS is the woman-chasing sleuth who always manages to get involved in a crime the police cannot solve without his help. WENDY BARRIE is the flirtatious woman who goes along with him on a series of adventures that have them on the hunt for the murder of a woman wearing a very expensive diamond. ALLEN JENKINS is Sander's side-kick, amusing as usual in a supporting role.
The cast is full of surprises--never expected to see GLADYS COOPER as a rich society dame with a key role in the mystery, TURHAN BEY (a rising young star at the time), and EDWARD BROPHY and ARTHUR SHIELDS as baffled police officers.
Sanders says every line in that dryly sarcastic manner he would use as Addison deWitt in ALL ABOUT EVE years later, but he seems to be enjoying his role. There's nothing very ingenious about the plot, but it does come up with a surprise toward the end because Sanders has information withheld from the viewer.