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"The Falcon was a man who made his living 'keeping his mouth shut and engaging in dangerous enterprises'."
— Otto Penzler, in the "Detectionary" [1972]
"Lesson Number One in how to catch a murderer . . . never accept the obvious."
— Tom Lawrence aka 'The Falcon'
Synopsis
'The Falcon' entry at Wikipedia
search on keywords 'the-falcon-character' {incomplete results} at Internet Movie Database
 | "Who Is The Falcon?: A History of The Detective's Adventures In Print, Movies, Radio, and Television" [2016] by Ian Dickerson Everything you always wanted to know about the dashing rogue, detective, and ladies’ man alternately known as Gay Stanhope Falcon, Gay Lawrence, Tom Lawrence, Michael Watling, Malcolm J. Wingate, Mike Waring, or simply as 'The Falcon' - and his long complicated journey through print, film, radio, and television; includes complete radio and television logs Purview Press pb [12/2016] for $22.95 |
Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction
"The Falcon’s Prey" [1936] by Drexel Drake
http://www.amazon.com/Falcons-prey-Drexel-Drake/dp/B0006ANCU4/
"The Falcon Cuts In" [1937] by Drexel Drake
published originally in the Sunday, July 11, 1937 edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.amazon.com/MYSTERY-FALCON-DREXEL-DRAKE-MOVIE/dp/B08D9HFZN7/
"The Falcon Meets A Lady" [1938] by Drexel Drake
http://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Meets-Lady-Drexel-Drake/dp/1258105012/
http://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Meets-Lady-Drexel-Drake/dp/1258210533/
"The Falcon Strikes" short story by Drexel Drake in The American Magazine, November 1938
It is quite astounding that after Drexel Drake wrote three novels featuring The Falcon in 1936-38, the single short story written by Michael Arlen in 1940
featuring The Falcon somehow gained Arlen lone credit for 'characters created by' in the 14 feature films and the radio show and the TV series.
"The Gay Falcon" short story by Michael Arlen in The Strand Magazine, January 1940
 | "More Great Tales of Crime and Detection: Short Stories Featuring The World's Most Famous Detectives" [1994] Edited by Peter Haining
authors include: Edgar Wallace, Jack Boyle, Michael Arlen {story 'A Man Called Falcon'}, Craig Rice, Jack Webb, Robert Fabian, Ted Willis, Gilbert Ralston, Eliot Ness, W.R. Burnett, Troy Kennedy Martin, Peter Leslie, Ed McBain, Roy Huggins, Jeffery Farnol, Joyce Porter, Richard Levinson, William Link, Baroness Orczy, Stuart Palmer, Carolyn Weston, Abby Mann, Joe Balham, Dennis Spooner, William Blinn, Leon Griffiths, Serita Stevens, Peter Cave, Jimmy Nail, Ngaio Marsh, Lynda La Plante Book Sales/Chartwell Books hardcover [5/94] out of print/used |
 | "The Gay Falcon" short story by Michael Arlen for Kindle [2013] 46-page Kindle Edition from Peril Press [11/2013] - not available 'This Kindle title is not currently available for purchase" - best guess: copyright violation by Peril Press |
there were two Falcon novels ghost-written for George Sanders; one was written by Leigh Brackett and the other by Craig Rice
 | "Crime On My Hands: An Inner Sanctum Mystery" [1944] by Craig Rice, writing as George Sanders Hollywood actor George Sanders rejects playing a B-movie detective in the Falcon film series, and accepts the lead role in a historical drama. But when a background actor is shot during filming and George becomes the primary suspect, he must summon the skills of his fictional character to find the real culprit in a world of illusion, which is going to be the most dangerous performance of his life Kindle Edition from Dean Street Press [3/2015] for 99¢ {sic} Kindle Edition from Mysterious Press/Open Road [3/2018] for $7.99 Dean Street Press 7¾x5 pb [1/2016] for $15.99 Simon & Schuster hardcover [1944] out of print/used |
 | "Stranger At Home: A George Sanders Mystery" [1946] by Leigh Brackett, writing as George Sanders George Sanders/The Falcon alter-ego character Michael Vickers has spent four years in Mexico recov-ering from an attempt on his life; he returns to 1940s Los Angeles with revenge very much on his mind Kindle Edition from Dean Street Press [3/2015] for 99¢ {sic} Kindle Edition from Stark House Press [3/2020] for $3.99 Stark House Press/Black Gat mass pb [3/2020] for $9.99 Simon & Schuster hardcover [1946] out of print/used |
 | "The Falcon: Resurrected - The Legendary Hero Returns!" [2014] by Mark Ellis A madman with delusions of Aryan godhood and his ruthless doctrine of mass human sacrifice by nuclear fire counts down to zero hour - but first he must recover an ancient artifact that controls the destiny of mankind . . . and that artifact is in the hands of The Falcon Kindle Edition from Millennial Concepts [8/2014] for $2.99 Millennial Concepts 9x6 pb [8/2014] for $8.99 |
Movies & Television
list of 'The Falcon' films at Wikipedia
search on keywords 'the-falcon-character' {incomplete results} at Internet Movie Database
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"The Gay Falcon" (1941) starring George Sanders
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033650/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gay_Falcon
"A Date With The Falcon" (1942) starring George Sanders
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033517/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Date_with_the_Falcon
"The Falcon Takes Over" [1942] based on Raymond Chandler's "Farewell, My Lovely"; starring George Sanders
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034716/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_Takes_Over
"The Falcon's Brother" (1942) starring George Sanders and Tom Conway as the Lawrence brothers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034717/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon%27s_Brother
"The Falcon Strikes Back" (1943) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035854/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_Strikes_Back
"The Falcon In Danger" (1943) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035856/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_in_Danger
"The Falcon and The Co-eds" (1943) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035855/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_and_the_Co-eds
"The Falcon Out West" (1944) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036809/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_Out_West
"The Falcon In Mexico" (1944) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036811/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_in_Mexico
"The Falcon In Hollywood" (1944) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036810/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_in_Hollywood
"The Falcon In San Francisco" (1945) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037690/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_in_San_Francisco
"The Falcon's Alibi" (1946) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038519/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon%27s_Alibi
"The Falcon's Adventure" (1946) starring Tom Conway
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038518/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon%27s_Adventure
"Devil's Cargo" B-movie [Film Classics April 1948]
 | A playboy gambler is found shot dead in his penthouse and a ne'er-do-well admits to The Falcon that he killed the man because of the playboy's attentions to his wife and then asks The Falcon to keep a key for him . . . • Produced by Philip N. Krasne; directed by John F. Link, Sr; story by Jason James & Robert Tallman, screenplay by Don Martin; based on characters created by Michael Arlen; starring John Calvert as Michael Watling (and showcasing Calvert's magic skills); also starring Rochelle Hudson, Roscoe Karns, Lyle Talbot, Theodore von Eltz, Michael Mark, Tom Kennedy, Paul Marion, Paul Regan, Eula Guy, Christine Larson, Walter Soderling, John Bagni, Jack Conrad, Peggy Wynne, Peter Michael, Carol Janis, Fred Coby, Dick Rush, Tom Coleman, Mike Lally, Philip Morris
Alpha Video b&w DVD [6/2015] for $5.99 Sinister Cinema b&w DVD-R [11/2008] for $8.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [11/2012 upload; 1:02:12] online at YouTube |
"Appointment With Murder" [Film Classics Nov 1948]
 | An insurance company hires The Falcon to recover two stolen paintings, a job that takes him to Italy; before he knows it, his investigation leads him into a world of double-crosses and big-time art fraud . . . • Produced & directed by Jack Bernhard; story by Joel Malone & Harold Swanton, screenplay by Don Martin; based on characters created by Michael Arlen; starring John Calvert {as Michael Watling}, Catherine Craig, Jack Reitzen, Lyle Talbot, Peter Brocco, Robert Conte, Ben Welden, Jay Griffith, Michael Mark, Carlo Schipa, Anna Demetrio, Carole Donne, Barbara Freking, Fred Aldrich, Jack Chefe, James Griffith, Pat Lane, Robert Nadell, Eric Wilton
Films Around The World b&w DVD-R [7/2018] for $15.61 Mr. Fat W Video b&w DVD-R [2016] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Search For Danger" [Film Classics April 1949]
 | tagline: '(The) raw savage soul-searing story of the Falcon's newest tussle with gangdom ...' • The Falcon investi-gates the murders of a rival private eye and a suspected thief • Co-produced by George Moskov; directed by John Bernhard; story by Jerome Epstein; co-produced & screenplay by Don Martin; based on characters created by Michael Arlen; starring John Calvert {as Michael Waring/Watling}, Albert Dekker, Myrna Dell, Ben Welden, Douglas Fowley, Michael Mark, James Griffith, Ann Cornell, Mauritz Hugo, Peter Brocco, Peter Michael, Jack Daley, Billy Nelson
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Falcon Mystery Movie Collection: Volume One" DVD Box Set [2011]
Warner Archive b&w DVD-R set [12/2011] 3 disks for $28.43 contains seven feature films - three starring George Sanders: "The Gay Falcon" [1941], "A Date With The Falcon" [1942], and "The Falcon Takes Over" [1942]; one starring both Sanders & Conway: "The Falcon's Brother" [1942]; and three starring Tom Conway: "The Falcon Strikes Back" [1943], "The Falcon In Danger" [1943], and "The Falcon and The Co-eds" [1943] |
 | "The Falcon Mystery Movie Collection: Volume Two" DVD Box Set [2011]
Warner Archive b&w DVD-R set [2/2013] 2 disks for $29.41 contains six feature films starring Tom Conway: "The Falcon Out West" [1944]; "The Falcon In Mexico" [1944]; "The Falcon In Hollywood" [1944]; "The Falcon In San Francisco" [1945]; "The Falcon's Alibi" [1946]; "The Falcon's Adventure" [1946] |
"Adventures of The Falcon" syndicated TV series [Federal Telefilms 1954-55]
 | 39-episode syndicated b&w half-hour TV series starring Charles McGraw as Mike Waring, now more spy than detective, slightly more hard-boiled, and a far less dashing Falcon than the film versions • Produced by William Collier Jr, Bernard Schubert & Harry Joe Brown; based on characters created by Michael Arlen; starring Charles McGraw as Michael Waring {The Falcon); series regulars included James Flavin, G. Pat Collins, Douglas Kennedy, Jean Willes, Paul Bryar, Adele Mara, Lawrence Dobkin, William Haade, Betty Lou Gerson
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • no entry for this TV series on Wikipedia 8 rare episodes on The Notalgia Merchant b&w DVD [2008] out of prodn/SOLD OUT ! 29 episodes of the "Adventures of The Falcon" TV series watch half-hour b&w episodes [2/2017 upload] online at YouTube |
| guest actors included: Nancy Gates, Paul Fix, Jonathan Hale, John Damler, Philip Van Zandt, Clancy Cooper, Richard Benedict, Kurt Katch, Robert Bice, Gregory Gaye, William F. Leicester, Charles Lung, Charles Halton, Willard Sage, Hugh Sanders, Herb Vigran, Gil Perkins, William Woodson, Robert Paquin, Betty Ball, Stanley Andrews, Lou Krugman, Will J. White, Kem Dibbs, Anthony Eustrel, Henry Kulky, Charles La Torre, Tristram Coffin, John Phillips, Lyle Talbot, Ted de Corsia, Sally Blane, Rita Corday, Susan Cummings, Nestor Paiva, Joe Sawyer, Karin Vengay, Beverly Michaels, Ludwig Stössel, George Wallace, John Wengraf, Robert Hutton, John Dehner, Barry Bernard, John Bleifer, Willis Bouchey, I. Stanford Jolley, Robert Lowery, Ivan Triesault, Teresa Tudor, Ben Welden, Gene Wesson, Stuart Randall, Dorothy Adams, Pamela Duncan, Greta Granstedt, Raymond Greenleaf, Ted Hecht, Herbert Heyes, Denver Pyle, Ralph Sanford, André Villon, Leo Britt, Spec O'Donnell, Ric Roman, Henry Rowland, Frank Gerstle, Hugh Boswell, John Daheim, Harold Dyrenforth, John Eldredge, Percy Helton, Victor Sen Yung, Irvin Ashkenazy, Tetsu Komai, Franz Roehn, Henri Letondal, Sam Pierce, Lola Albright, Evelyn Ankers, Alena Awes, William Bakewell, Robert Boone, Sven Hugo Borg, Peter Brocco, Charlita (DeFreitas), Henry Dar Boggia, Stanley Farrar, Darlene Fields, Sam Flint, William Forrest, Helen Gerald, Lowell Gilmore, Lisa Golm, Gregory Golubeff, Joseph Granby, Maralou Gray, Dorothy Green, Jean Howell, Nan Leslie, Louis Mercier, Lee Millar, Lillian Molieri, John Mylong, Grazia Narciso, Anna Navarro, Howard Negley, Jean Parker, Jack Raine, Barry Regan, Violet Rensing, Vernon Rich, Roy Roberts, Felix Romano, Joseph Romantini, Sheila Ryan, Dan Seymour, Mario Siletti, Bill Slack, George E. Stone, William Tannen, Charles Victor, June Vincent, Joseph Vitale, Tito Vuolo, Rhys Williams, Rudolph Anders, silent star Mae Clarke, William Fawcett, John Gallaudet, Tommy Ivo, Osa Massen, William 'Bill' Phillips, James Westerfield, Marjorie Wood, Leon Alton, Paul E. Burns, Lane Chandler, Reed Howes, Colin Kenny, Mike Lally, Waclaw Rekwart — and more: must be half of the actors then in Hollywood ! |
Radio, Other Media
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"The Adventures of The Falcon" half-hour radio program [1943-52]
Premiered on NBC's American Blue Network in April 1943, switched to the Mutual Network in 1945, then switched to the NBC Radio Network in 1950; 30-minute episodes based on characters created by Drexel Drake; actors playing The Falcon included Barry Kroeger, James Meighan, Les Tremayne, George Petrie, and Les Damon; with Joan Banks, Elspeth Eric or Joan Alexander as Nancy, and other regular actors Ethel Everett, Mandel Kramer, Ken Lynch, Robert Dryden, Jackson Beck, John Brown, Ann Williams, and Everett Sloane; produced by Bernard L. Schubert, Jr; directed by Carlo De Angelo, Stuart Buchanan, Richard Lewis; written by Dashiell Hammett, Palmer Thompson, Eugene Wang, Stanley Niss, Jay Bennett, Bernard Dougall; announcers: Russ Dunbar, Ed Herlihy, Jack Costello, Charles Webster; ten years on air suggests as many as 400 programs, but only 100 or so are available on audio CD or MP-3 download
'The Falcon' radio show entry at Wikipedia
 | "The Adventures of The Falcon" radio show, 1951-54 listen to 98 MP-3 tracks [1/2019 upload] free at Internet Archive CD-ROM of 98 radio shows from "The Adventures of The Falcon"
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 | "The Adventures of The Falcon: Count Me Out Tonight, Angel - Starring Les Damon" [2014]
Audible Audiobook MP-3 album download [7/2014] for $14.95 Audible Audiobook MP-3 album download [6/2019] for $19.57 sixteen half-hour radio episodes (one starring James Meighan), 11/1945 to 6/1952 from Radio Spirits |
 | "The Falcon: Shakedown - Starring Les Damon" [2015]
Audible Audiobook MP-3 album download [6/2015] for $14.95 sixteen half-hour radio episodes, 8/1950 to 9/1952 from Radio Spirits |
 | "The Falcon: The Classic Radio Collection, Volume 1 - Starring Les Damon" [2015]
Audible Audiobook MP-3 CD [12/2015] for $11.95 Blackstone/Black Eye Ent. MP-3 CD [12/2015] for $9.99 twelve half-hour radio episodes, 1950 to 1951 from Hollywood 360 |
 | "The Falcon: Private Eye To Super Spy - Starring Les Damon" [2016]
Audible Audiobook MP-3 CD [10/2016] for $14.95 sixteen half-hour radio episodes, 4/1951 to 8/1952 from Radio Spirits |
 | "The Adventures of The Falcon: Radio Show Collection, Volume 1 - Starring Les Damon" [2017]
Brilliance Audio MP-3 CD [1/2018] for $10.75 Audible Audiobook MP-3 album download [12/2017] for $11.99 twelve half-hour radio episodes (one starring James Meighan), 11/1945 to 7/1952 from Black Eye Ent. |
 | "The Falcon Solves The Case - Starring Les Damon" [2019]
Audible Audiobook MP-3 CD [10/2019] for $31.95 Audible Audiobook MP-3 album download [5/2019] for $19.57 sixteen half-hour radio episodes, 5/1950 to 7/1952 from Radio Spirits |
 | "Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood" [2010] by Ron Backer Focuses on 19 series (146 films) released primarily during the 1940s, including Big Town Reporters Steve Wilson & Lorelei Kilbourne; Boston Blackie; The Crime Doctor; Dick Tracy; Ellery Queen; The Falcon; Inner Sanctum; Jack Packard & Doc Long; John J. Malone; The Lone Wolf; Philip Marlowe; Michael Shayne; Monogram's The Shadow; Mr. District Attorney; Nick Carter; Red Skelton's Wally Benton; The Saint; Sherlock Holmes; and The Whistler Kindle Edition from McFarland [5/2010] for $16.19 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ pb [5/2010] for $42.75 |
Principals
author Michael Arlen [1895-1956]
actor (and magician) John Calvert [1911-2013]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvert_(magician)
biographical documentary "John Calvert: His Magic and Adventures" []
actor Tom Conway [1904-1967] starred in eleven Falcon movies
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007218/
radio actor Les Damon [1908-62] starred in the radio series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Damon
author Drexel Drake
actor Charles McGraw [1914-80] stared in the TV series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_McGraw
actor George Sanders [1906-1972]starred in four Falcon movies
http://www.amazon.com/George-Sanders/e/B001H6UJGG/ incomplete
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001695/
radio actor Les Tremayne []
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Tremayne
Image Gallery
'The Falcon' Links
'The Falcon' entry at Wikipedia
search on keywords 'the-falcon-character' {incomplete results} at Internet Movie Database
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/2019/05/18/the-falcon-aka-michael-waring-gay-stanhope-falcon-gay-lawrence-tom-lawrence/
not to be confused with:
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft [since 1974]
Ford Falcon compact automobile produced by Ford in North America from 1960 to 1970
| "Captain America #117: The Coming of The Falcon" comic book [Sept 1968] by Stan Lee & Gene Colan - no connection to the 1940s movie series Steve Rogers aka Captain America trains Afro-American Sam Wilson to become a superhero; Sam and his pet bird Redwing become The Falcon, wearing a green superhero suit Marvel Comics Group facsimile comic book [2020] out of print/used | |
 | "Captain America & The Falcon: The Complete Collection" comic book series [2016] Written by Christopher Priest; Illustrated by Bart Sears, Joe Bennett, Andrea Divito, Greg Tocchini, Dan Jurgens collects "Captain America and The Falcon" [2004] #1-14; villains are the Rivas gang and M.O.D.O.K. Kindle Edition from Marvel Comics [4/2016] for $19.99 Marvel Comics 10¼x6¾ pb [4/2016] for $19.98 |
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