The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
63 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1942 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Irving Reis

Written By:
Raymond Chandler
Lynn Root

Actors:
George Sanders ..... Gay Lawrence
Lynn Bari ..... Ann Riordan
James Gleason ..... Inspector Mike O'Hara
Allen Jenkins ..... Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke
Helen Gilbert ..... Diana Kenyon
William Alland ..... Reporter (uncredited)
Roxanne Barkley ..... Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Turhan Bey ..... Jules Amthor (uncredited)
Ward Bond ..... Moose Malloy (uncredited)
Fred Carpenter ..... Newsboy (uncredited)
George Cleveland ..... Jerry - Servant (uncredited)
Hans Conried ..... Lindsey W. Marriot (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps ..... Doorman (uncredited)
Eddie Dew ..... Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Fanning ..... Detective (uncredited)
Edward Gargan ..... Detective Bates (uncredited)
Charlie Hall ..... Swan Club Waiter Louie (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson ..... Laird Burnett (uncredited)
Warren Jackson ..... Montgomery (uncredited)
Lew Kelly ..... Coroner (uncredited)
Thomas Martin ..... Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Gayle Mellott ..... Show Girl (uncredited)
Amarilla Morris ..... Girl (uncredited)
Paul Norby ..... Detective (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien ..... Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ..... Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Bob Reeves ..... Jailer (uncredited)
Anne Revere ..... Jessie Florian (uncredited)
Louise Ritchie ..... Maid (uncredited)
Harry Shannon ..... Detective Grimes (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson ..... Bartender (uncredited)
Robert Smith ..... Police Officer (uncredited)
Chester Tallman ..... Detective (uncredited)
Ken Terrell ..... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Elinor Troy ..... Girl (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel ..... Dancer in Fight with Waiter (uncredited)
Juan Varro ..... Hindu (uncredited)

Synopsis:

The plot of the RKO Radio programmer The Falcon Takes Over will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has seen the 1944 Philip Marlowe mystery Murder My Sweet: indeed, both films were based on the same Raymond Chandler novel, Farewell My Lovely. It all begins when brutish prison escapee Moose Malloy (Ward Bond) forces nervous Broadwayite Goldie Locke (Allen Jenkins) to drive him to a posh nightclub, where Moose hopes to be reunited with his old girlfriend. Unable to find his elusive sweetheart, Moose tears the joint apart, obliging Goldie to flee for his life. As it happens, Goldie is the assisant of private eye Gay Lawrence (George Sanders), aka The Falcon, who has been hired by foppish socialite Lindsey Marriot (Hans Conried) to ransom a necklace stolen from Marriot's lady friend Diane Kenyon (Helen Gilbert). Shortly afterward, Marriot is murdered, and the Falcon discovers that there's an inextricable link between the dead man and the inimitable Moose Malloy. The rest of the film follows the plot convolutions set down by Chandler in Farewell My Lovely, carefully retailed to suit the breezy urbanity of George Sanders as the Falcon. Though Murder My Sweet is the better of the two versions of the Chandler novel, The Falcon Takes Over has a few advantages of its own, notably the casting of future Oscar winner Ann Revere as blowzy murder suspect Jessie Florian.

The Falcon (George Sanders) finds himself embroiled in a murder when ex-jailbird Moose Malloy (Ward Bond) storms into a nightclub looking for his former showgirl girlfriend, Velma. When the manager refuses to tell Moose where she lives, Moose kills him. The police swarm the nightclub and begin to question the witnesses but the Falcon decides to carry out his own investigation. Things grow a little more complicated though when the Falcon is hired by Marriot (Hans Conreil) to make a $10,000 pay-off in return for a stolen jade necklace. When the assignment turns out to be a trap, the Falcon finds himself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse. Adapted from the Raymond Chandler novel, Farewell, My Lovely, the third film in the Falcon series.

One night in New York, beefy escaped convict Moose Malloy goes hunting for his ex-girlfriend Velma, leaving a trail of mayhem behind him. Velma seems to be well-hidden, and adventurer The Falcon, intrigued, investigates on his own, approaching the heart of the mystery via a varied sequence of shady characters and attractive women.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 November, 2010.

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