Appointment with Murder explained

Appointment with Murder
Director:	Jack Bernhard
Producer:	Jack Bernhard
Starring:	John Calvert Catherine Craig Jack Reitzen Lyle Talbot
Music:	Karl Hajos
Cinematography:	Walter Strenge
Studio:	Falcon Pictures Corporation
Distributor:	Film Classics
Runtime:	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

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

1. Hardy p.124

Bibliography

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