| The Gay Falcon | |
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| Directed by | Irving Reis |
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| Based on | "The Gay Falcon" 1940 story inTown & Country by Michael Arlen |
| Produced by | Howard Benedict |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Edited by | George Crone |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Gay Falcon is a 1941 American mystery thriller film directed by Irving Reis and starring George Sanders, Wendy Barrie and Allen Jenkins. A B film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures, it the first in a series of sixteen films about a suave detective nicknamed The Falcon. Intended to replace the earlier The Saint detective series, the first film took its title from the lead character, Gay Laurence.[Note 1] Sanders was cast in the title role; he had played The Saint in the prior RKO series. He was teamed again with Wendy Barrie who had been with him in three previous Saint films.[3] The first four films starred Sanders as Gay Lawrence and the rest featured Tom Conway, Sanders' real-life brother, as Tom Lawrence, brother of Gay.[4]
- ^ "Detail view:'The Gay Falcon'." American Film Institute. Retrieved: April 14, 2014.
- ^ Miller, Frank. "Articles: 'A Date with the Falcon'." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: September 4, 2016.
- ^ "Gay Falcon, The". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 8, no. 85. London. Jan 1, 1941. p. 148.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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