The Falcon in Danger

"MURDER IN THE STRATOSPHERE!"

1943 1h 9m EN

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Synopsis

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Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,000. The Falcon investigates and discovers a plot against the government.

“MURDER IN THE STRATOSPHERE!”

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Cast

Tom Conway
Tom Lawrence / The Falcon
Jean Brooks
Iris Fairchild
Elaine Shepard
Nancy Palmer
Amelita Ward
Bonnie Caldwell
Cliff Clark
Insp. Timothy Donovan
Edward Gargan
Det. Bates
Clarence Kolb
Stanley Harris Palmer
Felix Basch
Morley

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Clemens
Writers: Fred Niblo Jr., Craig Rice
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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83 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Falcon Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by William Clemens, shot by Frank Redman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Roy Webb. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor George Crone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tom Conway and Jean Brooks and Elaine Shepard carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "MURDER IN THE STRATOSPHERE!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

William Clemens directs. Frank Redman behind the camera. Roy Webb scores. George Crone cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
283 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Falcon Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by William Clemens, shot by Frank Redman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Roy Webb. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor George Crone shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tom Conway and Jean Brooks and Elaine Shepard carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "MURDER IN THE STRATOSPHERE!".
9IMDB entry: tt0035856 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Frank Redman
Original score: Roy Webb
Editing: George Crone
Costume design: Renié
Runtime: 69 min · 1h 9m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Falcon in Danger (1943)

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The Falcon Series

The movie series from the 1940's featuring the detective The Falcon...

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2023-12-01
★ 6/10
When a passenger plane crash lands at a small airport, the emergency services are puzzled by the rather Marie Celeste scenario they discover. Where have the people gone? More importantly - where have $100,000 gone too? "Iris" (Jean Brooks) is the daughter of one of the missing men and she determines to engage the services of the "Falcon" (Tom Conway) to get to the bottom of this mystery. Before he can sink his teeth into the investigation though, her father reappears - all on his own - with a rather fantastic tale of mid-air hijackings and anti-government conspiracies. Is he telling the truth or is he implicated in some nefarious plot, too? It's standard wartime fayre, this - a slightly far-fetched plot that at least gets the imagination going to compensate for some rather join-the-dots acting and writing. The denouement is a wee bit different and though I still think it's a shame George Sanders didn't stay with this franchise, Conway does enough to keep it watchable and just a little intriguing.

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