| The Falcon's Adventure | |
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| Directed by | William Berke |
| Written by | Michael Arlen |
| Screenplay by | Aubrey Wisberg Robert E. Kent |
| Produced by | Herman Schlom Sid Rogell |
| Starring | Tom Conway |
| Cinematography | Frank Redman Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Marvin Coil |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
| Production company | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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| Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Falcon's Adventure is a 1946 American mystery film directed by William Berke and starring Tom Conway, Madge Meredith and Edward Brophy. It is the 13th of 16 films about the Falcon and the final film of RKO's Falcon series starring Conway. It was directed by William Berke, who had served as producer for the previous entry in the series, 1946's The Falcon's Alibi.
Plot
Tom Lawrence, known as the Falcon, is about to go on a fishing holiday with his sidekick Goldie Locke, who has convinced him stop thinking of women or crime. However, when he sees a woman abducted in a taxicab, the Falcon rescues her. The woman, Louise Bragaza, tells him that she was the target of kidnappers as her father had invented a process to manufacture synthetic diamonds. The Falcon and Goldie travel to Miami to rescue Louise's father.
Cast
- Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence
- Madge Meredith as Louisa Braganza
- Edward Brophy as Goldie Locke
- Robert Warwick as Kenneth Sutton
- Myrna Dell as Doris Blanding
- Steve Brodie as Benny
- Ian Wolfe as J.D. Denison
- Carol Forman as Helen Ray
- Joseph Crehan as Inspector Cavanaugh
- Phil Warren as Mike Geary
- Tony Barrett as Paolo Ray
- Harry Harvey as Detective Sgt. Duncan
- Jason Robards Sr. as Lieutenant Evans
References
- "The Falcon's Adventure: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
External list
- The Falcon's Adventure at IMDb
- The Falcon's Adventure at AllMovie
- The Falcon's Adventure at the TCM Movie Database
- The Falcon's Adventure at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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- 1946 films
- RKO Pictures films
- 1946 crime drama films
- Films directed by William A. Berke
- American crime drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films scored by Paul Sawtell
- Films with screenplays by Aubrey Wisberg
- The Falcon (film character) films
- 1940s American films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1946 mystery films
- American mystery films
- English-language crime drama films
- English-language mystery films