''The Falcon's Adventure'' is a 1946 American

mystery film A mystery film is a film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means of clues, ...

directed by

William Berke William A. Berke (October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a three-dec ...

and starring Tom Conway, Madge Meredith and

Edward Brophy Edward Santree Brophy (February 27, 1895 – May 27, 1960) was an American character actor and comedian, as well as an assistant director and second unit director during the 1920s. Small of build, balding, and raucous-voiced, he frequently portr ...

. It is the 13th of 16 films about the Falcon and the final film of RKO's Falcon series starring Conway. It was directed by

, who had served as producer for the previous entry in the series, 1946's '' The Falcon's Alibi''.

Plot

Tom Lawrence, known as the Falcon, is about to go on a fishing holiday with his sidekick Goldie Locke, who has convinced him stop thinking of women or crime. However, when he sees a woman abducted in a taxicab, the Falcon rescues her. The woman, Louise Bragaza, tells him that she was the target of kidnappers as her father had invented a process to manufacture synthetic diamonds. The Falcon and Goldie travel to

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to rescue Louise's father.

Cast

* Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence * Madge Meredith as Louisa Braganza *

as Goldie Locke *

Robert Warwick Robert Warwick (born Robert Taylor Bien; October 9, 1878 – June 6, 1964) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances. A matinee idol during the silent film era, he also prospered after the introduction ...

as Kenneth Sutton *

Myrna Dell Myrna Dell (born Marilyn Adele Dunlap; March 5, 1924 – February 11, 2011) was an American actress, model, and writer who appeared in numerous motion pictures and television programs over four decades. A Hollywood glamour girl in the early par ...

as Doris Blanding * Steve Brodie as Benny *

Ian Wolfe Ian Marcus Wolfe (November 4, 1896 – January 23, 1992) was an American character actor with around 400 film and television credits. Until 1934, he worked in the theatre. That year, he appeared in his first film role and later television, as ...

as J.D. Denison * Carol Forman as Helen Ray *

Joseph Crehan Joseph A. Creaghan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in ''Union Paci ...

as Inspector Cavanaugh * Phil Warren as Mike Geary * Tony Barrett as Paolo Ray * Harry Harvey as Detective Sgt. Duncan * Jason Robards Sr. as Lieutenant Evans

References

External list

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Falcon's Adventure, The 1946 films RKO Pictures films 1946 crime drama films Films directed by William A. Berke American crime drama films American black-and-white films Films scored by Paul Sawtell Films with screenplays by Aubrey Wisberg The Falcon (film character) films 1940s American films 1940s English-language films 1946 mystery films American mystery films English-language crime drama films English-language mystery films