Appointment with Murder
| Appointment with Murder | |
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| Directed by | Jack Bernhard |
| Written by | Joel Malone Harold Swanton Don Martin Michael Arlen |
| Produced by | Jack Bernhard |
| Starring | John Calvert Catherine Craig Jack Reitzen Lyle Talbot |
| Cinematography | Walter Strenge |
| Edited by | Asa Boyd Clark |
| Music by | Karl Hajos |
Production company | Falcon Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Film Classics |
Release date | November 24, 1948 |
Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Appointment with Murder is a 1948 American crime film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring John Calvert, Catherine Craig and Jack Reitzen. The film is one of three made by the low-budget Film Classics company featuring Calvert as The Falcon who had previously been played by George Sanders and Tom Conway for RKO.[1]
Premise
The Falcon travels to Milan to locate some stolen paintings for an insurance company. He follows the trail from a murdered Italian painter to an art gallery in Los Angeles.
Cast
- John Calvert as Michael Waring, the Falcon
- Catherine Craig as Lorraine W. Brinckley
- Jack Reitzen as Norton Benedict
- Lyle Talbot as Fred Muller
- Peter Brocco as Giuseppe Donatti
- Ben Welden as Martin Minecci
- Robert Conte as Count Dano
- Jay Griffith as Detective
- Michael Mark as 2nd Baggage Clerk
- Carlo Schipa as Mario Farello
- Anna Demetrio as Senora Rosa - Italian Woman
- Carole Donne as Miss Connors
- Barbara Freking as Barbara O'Brien - The Model
- Jack Chefe as Johnny - Hotel Clerk
- Eugene Gericke as 1st Thug
- James Griffith as Detective
- Pat Lane as Customs Officer
- Robert Nadell as 1st Baggage Clerk
- Frank Richards as 2nd Thug
- Carl Sklover as Guard
- Eric Wilton as Count Dano's Butler
References
- ^ Hardy p.124
Bibliography
- Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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