Crowbarring a Raymond Chandler story into the Falcon's milieu doesn't quite work but there is a lot to like in this fast-moving and entertaining story. It has of course George Sanders as The Falcon (a man everyone seems to know!) and he is watchable as always. Lynn Bari as the eager newspaper reporter Ann Riordan is sweet and sassy. James Gleason is good as the grouchy Inspector O'Hara. Ward Bond is quite chilling as Moose Malloy. (In fact when he first appeared I thought it was Mike Mazurki who played the role in a later film. It was the way he spoke.) Unfortunately I found Allen Jenkins as comic sidekick Goldy rather wearisome but other reviewers are more positive about him. The complex plot is crammed into the sixty-five minute running time so some of it doesn't make sense. A longer film would have been better but as it is, it is still good.
My last thought was sympathy for The Falcon's unseen fiancee still waiting at the airport never to be picked up!
My last thought was sympathy for The Falcon's unseen fiancee still waiting at the airport never to be picked up!