Name: The Falcon in Danger
Genre: Crime, Mystery, War
Released: 1943-07-17
Duration: 69 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Elaine Shepard, Amelita Ward, Cliff Clark

The Falcon in Danger

MURDER IN THE STRATOSPHERE!

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.

CrimeMysteryWar

DirectorWilliam Clemens

WritersMichael Arlen, Fred Niblo Jr., Craig Rice

StatusReleased

LanguageEnglish

Release DateJuly 17, 1943

Runtime1h 9m

The Falcon Series

Includes: The Gay Falcon, A Date with the Falcon, The Falcon Takes Over, The Falcon's Brother, The Falcon Strikes Back, The Falcon in Danger, The Falcon and the Co-Eds, The Falcon Out West, The Falcon in Mexico, The Falcon in Hollywood, The Falcon in San Francisco, The Falcon's Alibi, The Falcon's Adventure, Devil's Cargo, Appointment with Murder, Search for Danger

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@Geronimo1967

December 1, 20236/10

When a passenger plane crash lands at a small airport, the emergency services are puzzled by the rather Marie Celeste scenario they discover. Where have the people gone? More importantly - where have $100,000 gone too? "Iris" (Jean Brooks) is the daughter of one of the missing men and she determines to engage the services of the "Falcon" (Tom Conway) to get to the bottom of this mystery. Before he can sink his teeth into the investigation though, her father reappears - all on his own - with a rather fantastic tale of mid-air hijackings and anti-government conspiracies. Is he telling the truth or is he implicated in some nefarious plot, too? It's standard wartime fayre, this - a slightly far-fetched plot that at least gets the imagination going to compensate for some rather join-the-dots acting and writing. The denouement is a wee bit different and though I still think it's a shame George Sanders didn't stay with this franchise, Conway does enough to keep it watchable and just a little intriguing.