The Falcon Takes Over

1942

Action / Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 1400 1.4K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Irving Reis Photo
Irving Reis

Top cast

Roxanne Barkley Photo
Roxanne Barkley as Hat Check Girl
Mickey Simpson Photo
Mickey Simpson as Bartender
George Ford Photo
George Ford as Nightclub Patron
Bern Hoffman Photo
Bern Hoffman as Violinist
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mark g 4 / 10

Love the genre and watch many series that

Love the genre and watch many series that fall under category. However, this one was always pretty lame. George Sanders is just not a character you care about, no personality and the idea that he drives the ladies crazy is a bit of a head scratcher. I mean are young ladies really crazy about boring old guys? Guess the writer thought so.. Thin Man kills this.
Reviewed by R T 7 / 10

George Sanders is back as The Falcon, but

George Sanders is back as The Falcon, but storewide this film is actually an adaptation of Raymond Chandler's oft filmed "Farewell, My Lovely." The Falcon helps a punch drunk ex-con find his old girlfriend Velma. Certainly not as good as "Murder, My Sweet" but still a pretty good retelling of the Chandler mystery and a solid vehicle for Sanders as The Falcon.
Reviewed by R T 6 / 10

George Sanders is the Falcon, an upper crust

George Sanders is the Falcon, an upper crust society-type who is also a private investigator. He seems to also have a way with the ladies (a la James Bond). However, in this film, a rendering of Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely, the Falcon is really Philip Marlowe, so there's a bit of dissonance: Marlowe was never so suave. Indeed, Dick Powell's Marlowe in the superior Murder, My Sweet (1944) is far more lived in and grungy. He also gets beat up a fair bit which doesn't happen to the Falcon; instead Sanders has a sidekick played by Allen Jenkins who takes the various beatings from Moose Malloy and also provides comic relief by getting into trouble. This moves the film into the more formulaic territory of the mystery serials (e.g., Charlie Chan, Dick Tracy, Mr. Moto, Sherlock Holmes, etc.) which were generally lighter fare. But somehow the Chandler text elevates the picture to something more than the usual "guess the murderer before he/she is identified by the sleuth" mystery - it is a little more confusing, less straightforward, more interesting. George Sanders' star power is more than evident but he's still an odd droll character - who thought he should be the hero? That said, I fully approve of him and the film was fine.
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