Appointment with Murder

1948 American crime film

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Appointment with Murder

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 (1948-11-24)

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]

## Plot

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ Hardy p.124

## Bibliography

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* Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press, 1997.

## External links

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* Appointment with Murder at IMDb
* Appointment with Murder at the TCM Movie Database
* Appointment with Murder at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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The Falcon

Creator|

* Michael Arlen

Films|

| George Sanders|

* The Gay Falcon (1941)
* A Date with the Falcon (1942)
* The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
* The Falcon's Brother (1942)

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Tom Conway|

* The Falcon's Brother (1942)
* The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
* The Falcon in Danger (1943)
* The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
* 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)

John Calvert|

* Devil's Cargo (1948)
* Appointment with Murder (1948)
* Search for Danger (1949)

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