A scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds and a criminal gang (closely pursued by the Falcon) are out to discover the formula.A scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds and a criminal gang (closely pursued by the Falcon) are out to discover the formula.A scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds and a criminal gang (closely pursued by the Falcon) are out to discover the formula.
Fred Aldrich
- Spectator at Airport
- (uncredited)
Eddie Arden
- Bellhop
- (uncredited)
Sam Bagley
- Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
- Spectator
- (uncredited)
Roxanne Barkley
- Jill
- (uncredited)
Anthony Blair
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
- Second Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Jack Carr
- First Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
- Spectator
- (uncredited)
Russ Clark
- Needles
- (uncredited)
Leo Cleary
- Detective Brody
- (uncredited)
Hans Conried
- Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Alec Craig
- Waldo Sampson
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn the initial entry in the series, Helen Reed, played by Wendy Barrie, tries unsuccessfully to win Gay from his fiancee Elinor but fails. In this sequel, Elinor is not to be seen, and Helen has somehow replaced her as Gay's fiancee.
- GoofsThe rear projection footage used in most of the driving scenes was shot in Los Angeles, although the film is set in New York City. This is evidenced by the Biltmore Theatre in Downtown, LA appearing in one scene. Also visible are the L.A.'s iconic and unique cast iron double streetlights from that era.
- Quotes
Gay Lawrence: I told you I don't know anything, and I don't want to find out anything!
- ConnectionsFeatures The Gay Falcon (1941)
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Wittier than ever
This is the second of the Falcon films starring George Sanders. The dialogue crackles with even more electricity than in the first. This film has more substance and plot than its predecessor, but is even funnier, with both sight gags and witty remarks throughout which are often hilarious. Who can ever forget George Sanders standing and smoking a cigarette nonchalantly on a window ledge of a New York hotel, while the crowd below gasps and take bets on whether he will jump. When a policeman forces him inside the window at gunpoint, the street crowd sighs in disappointment, and one man says: 'I figured him for a phoney.' When Sanders goes into a florist shop to buy roses for his (new) fiancée, the woman running it is an old girl friend. She is surprised and disappointed that he is getting married: 'You're much too undependable to be taken out of circulation. It's a crime.' He drolly replies: 'Yes, and I can't solve it. It's a perfect crime.' Hans Conreid, who stole scenes in the previous Falcon film as a police artist, really runs away with his scenes in this one as a hotel clerk. Wendy Barrie scintillates as much as ever, sometimes ferocious, at other times gentle, but always on fire. What a cracker! They don't make 'em like this any more. And all that on a low budget, with a couple of cars and a few cheap sets. Today's directors with their hundred million dollar budgets ought to take a look at some of these old cheapies and learn how to make real movies. Then we would not all be so bored by their silly special effects and exploding cars which they substitute for acting and witty dialogue, and we could enjoy a film again like people could in 1941.
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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