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Raymond Chandler (novel)
Lynn Root (writer) ...
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Release Date:
29 May 1942 (USA) more
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MYSTERY that you'll laugh at...when -- The Falcon TAKES OVER
Plot:
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend. full summary | full synopsis
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Poor Man's `Murder My Sweet/Lovely' more (11 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | George Sanders | ... | Gay Lawrence |
| Lynn Bari | ... | Ann Riordan |
| James Gleason | ... | Inspector Mike O'Hara |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke |
| Helen Gilbert | ... | Diana Kenyon |
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65 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Finland:K-11 (2005) | Sweden:(Banned)
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This is the first of three versions of Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely" with Gay Lawrence standing in for Philip Marlowe. more
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Inspector Mike O'Hara: [to Lawrence] Oh, the great Falcon! I haven't seen you in half a dozen murders! more
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Follows The Gay Falcon (1941) more
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THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU more
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Anyone who has seen the definitive Edward Dmytryk film noir `Murder My Sweet' (1944) will blanch at this low-budget Falcon version of Raymond Chandler's 1940 `Murder My Lovely.' Life is not fair – more viewers will have seen the subsequent performance of Dick Powell as detective Philip Marlowe than George Sanders efforts as Gay Lawrence. These films are simply not comparable although they are based on the same novel. And it isn't that Dmytryk never made Falcon-class films – he directed `The Falcon Strikes Back' in 1943. It is just that `The Falcon Takes Over' comes nowhere near the superior `Murder My Sweet' and thus anyone who has seen both versions will be disappointed.
Director Irving Reis was teamed with George Sanders on the first three of the Falcon films – this one being the last appearance for both in the series. George Sanders especially disappointed me – he has done better in this type role and I am pre-disposed to like anything that he has done. Ward Bond does a good job at playing the hulk Moose Malloy – but anyone who has seen Mike Mazurki will not be as impressed. Allen Jenkins does well as faithful sidekick Jonathan 'Goldy' Locke but in the Tom Conway Falcon series, Edward Brophy is a good substitute. James Gleason is always good as the policeman in charge.
See this to compare or to round out your viewing of the Sanders Falcon series.