The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Directed by

Irving Reis

Genre

crime film, mystery film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 30 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gentleman detective called the Falcon looks into a missing person case. He follows clues through New York City and runs into danger and deception.

light-heartedfast-pacedmysteriouswittyslickurbanclassicintriguing

What happens

The Falcon Takes Over (also known as The Falcon Steps Out), is a 1942 black-and-white mystery film directed by Irving Reis. Although the film features the Falcon and other characters created by Michael Arlen, its plot is taken from the Raymond Chandler novel Farewell, My Lovely, with the Falcon substituting for Chandler's archetypal private eye Philip Marlowe and the setting of New York City replacing Marlowe's Los Angeles beat. The B film was the third, following The Gay Falcon and A Date with the Falcon (1941), to star George Sanders as the character Gay Lawrence, a gentleman detective known by the sobriquet the Falcon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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