The gay falcon movie

The Gay Falcon is a American mystery thriller film directed by Irving Reis and starring George Sanders, Wendy Barrie and Allen Jenkins.

The falcon strikes back

A B film the gay falcon movie and distributed by RKO Pictures, it the first in a series of sixteen films about a suave detective nicknamed The Falcon. The Gay Falcon, the first movie in the Falcon series, finds the Falcon (George Sanders) ready to give up both women and detective work at the request of his fiancé. This promise, however, doesn't last long as a pretty woman with a story of stolen jewelry soon walks into his life.

Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay Lawrence (George Sanders) is compelled to return to his sleuthing ways. Along with sidekick Jonathan. Based on the short story "The Gay Falcon" by Michael Arlen in Town and Country (May ). A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam. Find out how and where to watch "The Gay Falcon" on Netflix and Prime Video today - including free options.

This is the one where George Sanders steps out and his actual brother Tom Conway steps into the Falcon role. Been interested in this series for a while but this is my first the gay falcon movie finally getting to watch one - unfortunately it's fairly listless stuff, with a pedestrian plot about a ring of diamond thieves that seems engineered to be forgotten before you make it back to your car.

I actually purchased both DVD sets. Reset poster Reset for item Save changes Save for item. Howard Benedict. Privacy Terms. Here comes fiction's man of mystery! It's obvious from The Falcon series that "Gay Lawrence" is not homosexual; au contrairehe's the gay falcon movie the ladies' man. Allen Jenkins Jonathan G. Nothing to do with homosexuality.

Here he is mostly unlikable, as his jealous fiancee. They had a few things to iron out. The Gay Falcon was a critical and commercial success, and it helped to establish George Sanders as a leading man in Hollywood. George Sanders goes from being The Saint to becoming a similar but lighter character called The Falcon in a short-lived film series. Mickey Phillips Newsboy uncredited.

Select your preferred poster. Log in to follow to be notified when streaming options becomes available. Frank Fenton Writer. Fifteen years later in Bringing Up BabyCary Grant used the term in a way that is open to interpretation. Newer Post Older Post Home. Joey Ray Orchestra Leader uncredited. This was pretty much the definition of gay going back to the 's, before the homosexual community adopted it in the 's.

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Lucile Gleason Mrs. Irving Reis Director. Lew Kelly Elmer, the Jailer uncredited.

Sanders is great as he was as The Saint and what guy wouldn't want to have both Nina Vale and Wendy Barrie fighting for him? Bobby Barber Angelo uncredited. I found The Gay Falcon so weirdly frustrating. The film, well directed by B-movie vet Irving Reis, who would later graduate to bigger budgets with such films as The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxerprovides Sanders with an opportunity to be both suave and funny.