A Date with the Falcon (1942)
Second of new screen series with the star who played The Saint.
ジャンル : 犯罪, 謎
上映時間 : 1時間 3分
演出 : Irving Reis
脚本 : Frank Fenton, Lynn Root
シノプシス
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
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.
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.
The Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and the theft of war bonds. He makes his escape into the mountains where he hides out in a rustic lodge. From here he uncovers a phony war bond operation.
Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor. There's no shortage of suspects: the costume designer to whom he was married, a tyrannical director, a beautiful young French starlet, a Shakespeare-quoting producer, even a New York gangster. Helping The Falcon solve the crime is a cute, wise-cracking cab driver and a pair of bumbling cops.
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
A gentlemanly detective known as The Falcon calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
The Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
John Calvert takes over as the Falcon in this Poverty-Row continuation of the film series.
When a Texas playboy is murdered in a New York City nightclub the Falcon investigates. When he learns that the victim was slipped rattlesnake venom, the trail leads to Texas, his own kidnapping and near death.
While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl who's nurse has been recently murdered.
The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thieves.
The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.
フロリダ。高校の人気教師サムが、教え子のケリーからレイプされたと訴えられ、裁判が開かれることに。だがケリーのクラスメイトのスージーの証言によって事件はケリーの狂言だと暴露され、サムが多額の慰謝料を手にして裁判は終結する。それに不審を抱いた刑事デュケは再捜査に乗り出すが、実はサムはケリーやスージーと裏で手を組んでいたのだった。しかも事態は、その後も意外な方向に突き進んでいく。
世界中の希少本を探す、書籍の探偵コルソ。彼はある富豪の依頼を受け、世界に3冊しかないという伝説の悪魔の祈祷書を探していた。ニューヨークからスペイン、ポルトガルと祈祷書を追って旅するコルソ。だがそんな彼の周囲では、不可思議な殺人が続発してゆく。＜禁断の書と言われる“悪魔の書”を手にした書物ブローカーに起こる迷宮的恐怖を描く。ロマン・ポランスキー監督作。＞
宝石泥棒をやり遂げた4人組。恋人同士のオットーとワンダはダイヤを独占するために警察に通報、リーダーのジョージを逮捕させるが……。それぞれが思惑を秘めたダイヤ争奪戦を描いた、ハイテンションな傑作コメディ。
ドラッグ中毒のマークと悪友たちは常にハイ状態か、あるいはドラッグを手に入れるため盗みに精を出しているというていたらく。ある日、マークはこのままではいけないと更生するためにロンドンに行き職に就く。ところが、彼らの仲間が会社に押し掛けたことが原因で、マークはクビになってしまう。
船舶の炎上事故を調べていた捜査官クラインは尋問していたヴァーバルから奇妙な話を聞かされる。6週間前に銃器強奪事件の容疑者として集められた5人が、釈放後、協力して宝石強奪を決行。ブツをさばくためにLAの故買屋と接触した5人は、そこで新たなヤマを依頼されるが、宝石と聞かされていた獲物は麻薬で、トラブルから相手を射殺してしまう。そして恐慌状態の彼らの前に、伝説のギャング“カイザー・ソゼ”の右腕と名乗る弁護士が現れたというのだ。
