Saturday, January 17, 2009

Movie review – Falcon #12 – “The Falcon’s Alibi” (1946) **

Like previous Falcon’s this starts at the racetrack – and the cast includes some familiar favourites: Rita Corday, Jean Brooks, Jason Robards. There’s also Jane Greer and Elisha Cook Jnr.

The quality of the cast is the most notable thing about this film, which is otherwise underwhelming. It’s the first Falcon in a while to lack a gimmick in its setting and I think suffers as a result. The Falcon pretty much disappears from the action for the last 15 minutes, leaving us just with the killer – although Elisha Cook Jnr impresses with some “crazy person having a break down” acting.

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