A Date with the Falcon

A Date with the Falcon (1942)

Second of new screen series with the star who played The Saint.

The Falcon is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when the mysterious Rita Mara asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, 'Goldy' Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.

Date of release
1942-01-16
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 3m
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Director
Irving Reis
Collection
The Falcon Series

Casting

Interesting facts

A Date with the Falcon is the second in a series of 16 films about the suave detective nicknamed The Falcon. The 1942 sequel features many of the same characters as the first film, The Gay Falcon (1941).

Production

The film was originally titled The Gay Falcon Steps In. Filming started on August 1, 1941. In A Date with the Falcon, Guy Lawrence aka the Falcon (George Sanders) is engaged to Helen Reed but leading lady Wendy Barrie would never appear in future sequels. RKO had been trading on the British Barrie's notoriety as the girlfriend of gangster Bugsy Siegel but did not have a continuing role for her in mind.

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