The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
Death-Ring Stalks Diamond Queen In Miami-Manhattan Murder Axis!
Gênero : Crime, Mistério
Runtime : 1H 1M
Director : William Berke
Escritor : Aubrey Wisberg
Sinopse
A society sleuth rescues a kidnapped woman, then is framed for murder.
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.
Kite conta a história de Sawa, uma garota que teve seus pais mortos e trabalha como assassina para Akai, um policial corrupto e manipulador que usa de argumentos mentirosos para convencê-la a matar sem remorsos. Mas seu destino muda quando ela conhece Oburi, um outro jovem assassino que quer se livrar dessa vida.
Emily Jenkins (Renée Zellweger) é uma dedicada assistente social que está diante do caso 39, referente à garota Lilith Sullivan (Jodelle Ferland). Os pais de Lilith tentam feri-la, o que faz com que Emily intervenha. Encantada com a garota, Emily oferece que more com ela até que seja encontrada uma família adotiva. Só que há um mistério por trás da garota, já que todos que se aproximam dela aparentam enlouquecer.
Prendergast (Robert Duvall), um policial em seu último dia de trabalho pois vai se aposentar, arrisca sua vida para tentar deter William Foster (Michael Douglas), um homem emocionalmente perturbado que perdeu seu emprego e vai ao encontro de Beth (Barbara Hershey), sua ex-mulher, e da filha, sem requer reconhecer que o seu casamento já acabou há muito tempo. Em seu caminho, William vai eliminando quem cruza seu destino.
Leslie Nielsen interpreta o agente da Esquadra da Polícia Frank Drebin, com um rosto de granito e a cabeça ainda mais dura, que tropeça num plano para assassinar a Rainha Isabel. Priscilla Presley, O. J. Simpson, um castor embalsamado, duas equipas de basebol e uma estranho conjunto de outras personagens avulso juntam-se à tresloucada aventura, rebentando por completo a escala das gargalhadas.
O tenente Frank Drebin precisa descobrir como deter o infame plano de Quentin Hapsburg, que planeja destruir o meio ambiente. Nesta hilariante sequência, estão de volta também Jane, a mulher que consegue derreter um sanduíche de queijo em 20 passos, e o destemido capitão Ed Hocken.