The Falcon in San Francisco

The Falcon in San Francisco (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
66 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1945 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Joseph H. Lewis

Written By:
Michael Arlen
Robert E. Kent

Actors:
Tom Conway ..... Tom Lawrence
Rita Corday ..... Joan Marshall
Edward Brophy ..... Goldie Locke
Sharyn Moffett ..... Annie Marshall
Fay Helm ..... Doreen Temple
Robert Armstrong ..... Duke Monet / De Forrest Marshall
Carl Kent ..... Rickey
George Holmes ..... Dalman
John Mylong ..... Peter Vantine / Carl Dudley
Esther Howard ..... Mrs. Peabody

Synopsis:

Filmed extensively on location, The Falcon in San Francisco is one of the best of RKO Radio's "Falcon" series. This time around, amateur sleuth Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), aka The Falcon, comes to the aid of 10-year-old Annie Marshall (Sharyn Moffet). While trying to solve the murder of Annie's nurse, Lawrence is accused of kidnapping the kid. Several beatings, warnings and murders later, Lawrence discovers that the solution of the mystery is tied in with a gang of silk smugglers, headed by none other than?.Oh, no! The surprise ending isn't going to be tipped off here! Director Joseph H. Lewis' occasional utilization of "cinema verite" techniques would later develop full-blown into such noir classics as Gun Crazy.

Debonair detective Tom 'The Falcon' Lawrence (Tom Conway) is back in another instalment of the brilliant series - and this time, he's facing one of his most challenging cases. Heading out to San Francisco by train, Tom and his sidekick 'Goldie' Lock befriend a little girl called Amber Marshall. When the kid's nurse is murdered, Tom finds himself drawn into a web of danger - there's kidnapping, killing and a network of illegal silk smugglers. The Falcon plunges into action and brings things to an explosive climax!

On vacation, Tom Lawrence - The Falcon - and his Brooklyn-born sidekick 'Goldie' Locke meet cute with a little girl named Annie whose nurse has just been murdered. Accompanying Annie home, The Falcon is arrested for kidnapping, but bailed out of jail by a mysterious woman (Helm). A labyrinthine plot then unfurls involving silk smuggling, a steamship called the S.S. Citadel and an ex-bootlegger named Duke Monette.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 06 September, 2011.

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