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Rating: 6.5 stars

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All movies seen on 11/14/2017

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The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Directed by Irving Reis

Crime | Mystery

Overview

While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O’Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.

Rated NR | Length 65 minutes

Actors

George Sanders | Harry Shannon | Ward Bond | Anne Revere | William Alland | Hans Conried | Allen Jenkins | James Gleason | George Cleveland | Dale van Sickel | Edward Gargan | Lew Kelly | Turhan Bey | Lynn Bari | Selmer Jackson | Mickey Simpson | Bob Reeves | Dick Gordon | Frank O'Connor | Bert Moorhouse | Helen Gilbert | Charlie Hall | Barry Norton | Tom Quinn | Mike Lally | John Roche | Warren Jackson | Gayle Mellott | Kernan Cripps | George Ford | William H. O'Brien | Jerry James | Eddie Dew | Ken Terrell | Thomas Martin | Frank Fanning | George Golden | Louise Ritchie | Chester Tallman | Roxanne Barkley | Amarilla Morris | Elinor Troy | Robert Smith | Juan Varro | Paul Norby | Fred Carpenter

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

The last of my Falcon viewing thanks to TCM OnDemand actually keeping the titles up through today (they expired on the app and online yesterday). Was able to watch all the Falcon films they had up, which was all but two from the series. Will have to track down Falcon’s Adventure and Falcon’s Alibi to complete the series as I’ve really come to enjoy Tom Conway’s suave private detective.

This one however is before Conway took over (despite the odd title). This is all George Sanders in maybe the closest the series comes to film noir with a full on femme fatale and brute of a killer lurking in the shadows.

Perhaps my third favorite of the bunch (after Co-Eds and Brother).

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