The Falcon, 6 DVD 17 Movies on High Quality DVD's.

Starring: Tom Conway & George Sanders

Gay Stanhope Falcon, also known simply as The Falcon, was created in 1940 by Michael Arlen in his short story, "Gay Falcon", which was first published in 1940 in Town & Country magazine. Falcon is a freelance adventurer and troubleshooter, definitely on the hardboiled side, a man who makes his living "keeping his mouth shut and engaging in dangerous enterprises.

The Falcon was quickly brought to the screen by RKO in 1941, in the film The Gay Falcon, in which he was redefined as a suave English gentleman-detective with a weakness for beautiful women. The film was intended to establish a character who would replace Leslie Charteris' The Saint, hero of a popular RKO series of B movies starring George Sanders.

Though Falcon was originally the character's surname, in the film he was renamed Gay Lawrence, so that The Falcon became a nickname, comparable to The Saint. In his later outings, he has a variety of names, while still being known as the The Falcon. None of these films or television or radio episodes made any reference to why he was known as The Falcon. Sanders appeared in the first three Falcon films, which followed the Saint pattern so closely that author Charteris sued RKO for plagiarism. Sanders, tired of B leads, bowed out of the series in The Falcon's Brother (1942). The Falcon's brother, Tom, became the new Falcon, and was portrayed by Sanders' actual brother, Tom Conway. Conway starred in ten more Falcon films through 1946.

This Collection Contains The Following:

Disc 1

The Falcon in Hollywood

The Falcon in Danger

The Falcon and The Co-Eds

Disc 2

The Falcon in Mexico

The Falcon in San Francisco

The Falcon Out West

Disc 3

The Falcons Alibi

The Falcon Adventure

Disc 4

The Falcons Brother

A Date with The Falcon

The Falcon Strikes Back

Disc 5

The Gay Falcon

The Falcon Takes Over

The Devil's Cargo

Disc 6

The Falcon Appointment with Murder

The Falcon Search for Danger

The Falcon Murder In a Private Car with Charlie Riggles

DVD Details: • NTSC Region Free • Black & White - Not Rated • Number of Discs: 6 • Re-Mastered • Menu and Chapter Points Included! • Packaged in Large DVD Box Case • Full screen format • On High Quality DVD's.