The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
"Death for the Falcon" - says the law!
ジャンル : アドベンチャー, 犯罪, 謎
上映時間 : 1時間 1分
演出 : Ray McCarey
脚本 : Paul Yawitz
シノプシス
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.
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.
A gentlemanly detective known as The Falcon calls on his brother to help him stop the Nazis from assassinating a key diplomat.
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.
John Calvert takes over as the Falcon in this Poverty-Row continuation of the film series.
While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a girl who's nurse has been recently murdered.
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.
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.
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.
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
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.
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.
The Falcon is called to a young woman's school to investigate a murder. When he arrives, another victim is discovered.
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.
After a failed swindle, two con-men end up with a map to El Dorado, the fabled "city of gold," and an unintended trip to the New World. Much to their surprise, the map does lead the pair to the mythical city, where the startled inhabitants promptly begin to worship them as gods. The only question is, do they take the worshipful natives for all they're worth, or is there a bit more to El Dorado than riches?
鉱山町で、見習い機械工として働く少年パズーは、ある日、空から降ってきた不思議な少女シータと出会う。2人は、シータの身に着けていた不思議な「飛行石」を狙う様々な陰謀に巻き込まれていく。
ライオンのアレックス、シマウマのマーティ、カバのグロリア、キリンのメルマンの4頭とその仲間たちがマダガスカル島に漂着してから数年後。ようやく飛行機でニューヨークへ帰る手筈が整うが、離陸して間もなく燃料切れで不時着してしまう。そこは、彼らの生まれ故郷、アフリカ大陸だった。様々な動物と交流を育むアレックスたち。だがそんな中、水が枯渇する事態に見舞われる。アレックスたちはその原因究明に奔走する。
1891年のロンドン。若い女性が次々と誘拐され、儀式を思わせる不気味な手口で殺されてしまう。私立探偵ホームズと相棒ワトソンはスコットランド・ヤードと連携し、邪悪な黒魔術を操る犯人、ブラックウッド卿を逮捕。だがブラックウッド卿は死刑の直前、すぐに復活すると言い残す。その後ブラックウッド卿が甦ったとの報せがホームズたちに届いたのに続き、世界征服をめざすブラックウッド卿は、ある秘密組織を乗っ取っていた。
1607年、英国軍人ジョン・スミスはラトクリフ総督率いる開拓団に参加し、新大陸アメリカのヴァージニア植民地へ旅立つ。一方、そこに昔から暮らす先住民パウアタン族の首長の娘ポカホンタスは不思議な夢と精霊グランドマザー・ウイローに導かれ、開拓団の船を発見する。ポカホンタスは真っ先に上陸してきたスミスと運命的に出会い、2人は言葉が通じないながらも心を通わすように。だが先住民と開拓団は対立を深めていく。