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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueThe Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.The Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.The Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
Paula Corday
- Joan Marshall
- (as Rita Corday)
Edward Brophy
- Goldie Locke
- (as Edward S. Brophy)
Dorothy Adams
- Hotel Maid
- (non crédité)
Joan Beckstead
- Sexy Girl on Train
- (non crédité)
Sammy Blum
- Headwaiter
- (non crédité)
Kernan Cripps
- Police Captain
- (non crédité)
Russell Custer
- Taxi Driver
- (non crédité)
Myrna Dell
- Beautiful Girl in Hotel Hall
- (non crédité)
Ralph Dunn
- Arresting Policeman
- (non crédité)
Margaret Farrell
- Minor Role
- (non crédité)
Jack Gargan
- Waiter
- (non crédité)
Avis à la une
"The Falcon in San Francisco" is a 1945 entry into The Falcon series starring Tom Conway. This one has some nice shots of San Francisco and captures the city's atmosphere - old timers familiar with the city will love it. In this one, Tom and Goldie (Edward Brophy) meet a cute little girl (Sheryl Moffett) and her dog Diogenes on a train. While traveling, the girl's nurse is found dead. The Falcon and Goldie soon find themselves in a web of intrigue involving a crime ring, a shipping company, and a secret kept by the girl's beautiful sister (Rita Corday). King Kong's Robert Armstrong plays the shipping company's business manager. The mystery is actually pretty good, and the film moves quickly.
For some reason, these Falcon films always end somewhat abruptly. However, it's enjoyable.
For some reason, these Falcon films always end somewhat abruptly. However, it's enjoyable.
After 5 Falcon films without him, Goldie Lock makes his return with Ed Brophy in his first of 2 although he had played a cop in the 1st Falcon film in 1941 too. This was also Tom Conway's 8th outing in the title role - this time with a cold - to Rita Corday's 5th as suspect. "In San Francisco" was an earthier entry in the series, with some realistic acting, more violence to go with some of the seedier locales and a punchier storyline: all adding up to make an excellent film [11/13].
A little girls' guardian is found dead on a sleeper train, suave passengers Tom Lawrence and Goldie offer to take her home but get arrested for child abduction. It turns even nastier when various shady parties think that the Falcon's working for the other side, leading to him getting roughed up in his quest to find out what's going on. The trail leads to an ex-bootlegger, an old moll in a ridiculous hat, silk smuggling in short, an interesting and cogent plot with a satisfying climax. Thankfully the possibilities with cute little Annie in tow were not taken up, a very brief bedtime reading of Peter And The Wolf was as close as we got. Comedy was supplied by Brophy with the running gag of him trying to become a married poyson to save on his income tax payments.
It's always been my favourite Conway Falcon movie, best for those of us who like watching 1940's b&w detective b pics whether in a series or not.
A little girls' guardian is found dead on a sleeper train, suave passengers Tom Lawrence and Goldie offer to take her home but get arrested for child abduction. It turns even nastier when various shady parties think that the Falcon's working for the other side, leading to him getting roughed up in his quest to find out what's going on. The trail leads to an ex-bootlegger, an old moll in a ridiculous hat, silk smuggling in short, an interesting and cogent plot with a satisfying climax. Thankfully the possibilities with cute little Annie in tow were not taken up, a very brief bedtime reading of Peter And The Wolf was as close as we got. Comedy was supplied by Brophy with the running gag of him trying to become a married poyson to save on his income tax payments.
It's always been my favourite Conway Falcon movie, best for those of us who like watching 1940's b&w detective b pics whether in a series or not.
The Falcon, Tom Lawrence,(Tom Conway) travels on a train heading for San Francisco along with his partner Goldie Locke, (Edward Brophy) and they are planning a vacation to take in the sights of San Francisco. On the train they encounter a very young little girl named Annie Marshall ( Sharyn Moffett) who is looking for her lost dog and meets up with the Falcon and his partner. Annie tells the Falcon she is being held captive in her home by her butler and nurse and the Falcon decides to investigate this girls problem, but is interrupted by the murder of the Annie's nurse. There is all kinds of bad situations the Falcon gets into with plenty of beatings and he also encounters Duke Monet, (Robert Armstrong) who has a sinister past and is involved with a silk smuggling racket. There is excellent photography through out the City of San Francisco and old buildings long gone.
Tom "The Falcon" Lawrence (Tom Conway) and his sidekick Goldie Locke are on the train to San Francisco. They befriend cutie Annie Marshall and her little dog. She tells them that she's being held prisoner by her nurse. The nurse is dead and the Falcon suspects murder. When they arrive in San Francisco, the Falcon gets arrested for kidnapping the little girl while he's trying to bring her home.
I love the start with the little girl. Goldie and her have a fun energy. It's fun whenever the girl shows up. The plot gets convoluted real quick. It's downright Kafkaesque. It's fun in its audacity. There's no point in trying to solve the whodunnit. I don't even follow the whatisit. It's much better to enjoy the wild and crazy ride. It's the 11th entry in the series.
I love the start with the little girl. Goldie and her have a fun energy. It's fun whenever the girl shows up. The plot gets convoluted real quick. It's downright Kafkaesque. It's fun in its audacity. There's no point in trying to solve the whodunnit. I don't even follow the whatisit. It's much better to enjoy the wild and crazy ride. It's the 11th entry in the series.
Tom Conway and Eddie Brophy take the train to San Francisco, the city by the bay, so that Brophy can hunt up a wife -- he thinks he pays too much in income taxes, and a wife would solve that. Along the way, Conway charms little Sharon Moffat, who starts to tell fibs. This lands him in hot water with the police, and more with Rita Corday, leading into a nicely tangled mystery involving hemp, silk and ex-gangster Robert Armstrong.
Conway isn't quite as smooth as his brother, George Sanders for the first four of the series, but he certainly knows how to portray a man out of his depth and bluffing. Director Joseph H. Lewis is a little more standard in this movie than many of his better known B masterpieces, but the mystery will keep fans of the form amused.
Conway isn't quite as smooth as his brother, George Sanders for the first four of the series, but he certainly knows how to portray a man out of his depth and bluffing. Director Joseph H. Lewis is a little more standard in this movie than many of his better known B masterpieces, but the mystery will keep fans of the form amused.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe ship used by the bad guys at the end is the same one seen as a huge prop on a soundstage in The Falcon in Hollywood (1944).
- GaffesWhen Lawrence jumps on the cable car, 2 young women are sitting at the back. In the next shot, there is only one man.
- Citations
Goldie Locke: [On seeing beautiful woman] If she can't help me with my income tax, nobody can.
- ConnexionsEdited into The Green Fog (2017)
- Bandes originalesMy Shining Hour
(1943) (uncredited)
For "The Sky's the Limit")
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Played by house orchestra (music only) in nightclub scene.
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Langue
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- The Falcon in San Francisco
- Lieux de tournage
- Palace of Fine Arts - 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco, Californie, États-Unis(as The Falcon is taken for a ride)
- Société de production
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- Durée1 heure 6 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1
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