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A Date with the Falcon (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Date with the Falcon
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie
other title: Los diamantes del Halcón / Los diamantes del halcón
In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, 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.
The Gay Falcon (1941) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Gay Falcon
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie
other title: El intrépido Halcón
Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Laurence is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, he agrees to look into a series of home party robberies that have victimized socialite Maxine Wood. The duo gets more than they bargained for when a murder is committed at Wood's home, but Lawrence still finds time to romance the damsel.
The Saint Takes Over (1940) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint Takes Over
director: Jack Hively actor: George Sanders / Wendy Barrie
other title: Le Saint reprend du service / El regreso del Santo
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
The Saint in London (1939) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Saint in London
other title: El Santo en Londres
Suave soldier of fortune Simon Templer gets mixed up with a gang of counterfeiters who've murdered and robbed an European count of 1,000,000 pounds. He is aided reluctantly by Scotland Yard inspector Teal, who's convinced that Templar himself pulled off the heist, and less reluctantly by light-fingered Dugan and dizzy socialite Penny Parker.
The Man with a Cloak (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Man with a Cloak
other title: La casa del corvo / Der Mann in Schwarz
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
The Falcon Takes Over (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Falcon Takes Over
director: Irving Reis actor: George Sanders / Lynn Bari
other title: El Halcón inicia el vuelo
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
Nocturne (1946) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Nocturne
director: Edwin L. Marin actor: George Raft / Lynn Bari
other title: Notturno di sangue / Nocturno
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Walk Softly, Stranger
director: Robert Stevenson actor: Joseph Cotten / Alida Valli
other title: Ormai ti amo / Geh leise, Fremder
Fugitive Chris Hale starts over in a small Midwestern town in Ohio, where he befriends Elaine Corelli, a kind-hearted heiress left disabled after a skiing accident. As love blossoms, Hale vows to change his ways, but escaping his past may mean one last job.
His Kind of Woman (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
His Kind of Woman
director: John Farrow actor: Robert Mitchum / Jane Russell
other title: Il suo tipo di donna / Ein Satansweib
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
Station West (1948) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Station West
director: Sidney Lanfield actor: Dick Powell / Jane Greer
other title: La città della paura / La Cité de la peur
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.