Complete credited cast: | |||
George Sanders | ... | Gay Laurence / The Falcon | |
Wendy Barrie | ... | Helen Reed | |
Allen Jenkins | ... | Jonathan G. 'Goldie' Locke | |
Nina Vale | ... | Elinor Benford (as Anne Hunter) | |
Gladys Cooper | ... | Maxine Wood | |
Edward Brophy | ... | Detective Bates | |
Arthur Shields | ... | Inspector Mike Waldeck | |
Damian O'Flynn | ... | Noel Weber | |
Turhan Bey | ... | Manuel Retana | |
Eddie Dunn | ... | Detective Grimes | |
Lucile Gleason | ... | Vera Gardner | |
Willie Fung | ... | Jerry |
Society grand dame Maxine Wood who hosts charity parties in her home is mixed up in a jewel theft racket which defrauds insurance companies. When another socialite, Vera Gardner, is murdered, Gay Laurence (a.k.a. The Falcon) and assistant 'Goldie' Locke are on the case with help from beautiful Helen Reed, who becomes a rival to Gay's fiancée Elinor for the sleuth's affections. Written by duke1029@aol.com, A.Nonymous
This is a pleasant B-film from The Falcon series with (by today's standards) a misleading title.
GEORGE SANDERS is the woman-chasing sleuth who always manages to get involved in a crime the police cannot solve without his help. WENDY BARRIE is the flirtatious woman who goes along with him on a series of adventures that have them on the hunt for the murder of a woman wearing a very expensive diamond. ALLEN JENKINS is Sander's side-kick, amusing as usual in a supporting role.
The cast is full of surprises--never expected to see GLADYS COOPER as a rich society dame with a key role in the mystery, TURHAN BEY (a rising young star at the time), and EDWARD BROPHY and ARTHUR SHIELDS as baffled police officers.
Sanders says every line in that dryly sarcastic manner he would use as Addison deWitt in ALL ABOUT EVE years later, but he seems to be enjoying his role. There's nothing very ingenious about the plot, but it does come up with a surprise toward the end because Sanders has information withheld from the viewer.