i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Wow, I really enjoy "The Falcon" movies and this has it's good moments. It also has some very bad moments. George Sanders is good for as long as he is in the movie. Tom Conway also does a good job as the Falcon's brother, Tom. Suave and smooth go hand in hand with Sanders and Conway. There is a real problem with the supporting actors, especially Don Barclay as "Lefty," the Falcon's side kick. The actor is just terrible, a droning monotone, complete lack of facial expressions and a delivery that shows the actor just walked through his lines. Cliff Clark as Inspector Donovan mugs his way through all of his scenes and Jane Randolph as reporter Marcia Brooks is entirely too predictable and annoying. But then so is her character. Mind you, I don't expect Academy Award material from these "B" movies but the first three "Falcon" movies were much better. Well, the first and third movies were better than this. I haven't seen the next movie with Conway, where Conway takes over the role of The Falcon but with the name of Tom Lawrence. The ending is also a bit abrupt and unsatisfying. All in all there are much better examples of these "B" movies. But there are worse ones as well. If you really want to see all of the movies, don't miss this one. It would leave a gap in your knowledge. One thing I really enjoy is seeing character actors doing bit parts that are quite often uncredited. Keye Luke in this one and Hans Conrad in several of the Falcon and Saint movies. Good stuff.

George Sanders plays The Falcon for the last time in "The Falcon's Brother," a 1942 programmer starring Sanders, Tom Conway, and Jane Lawrence. The intricate plot focuses on a fashion house and a fashion magazine, poisoning with cigars, mistaken identity, and lots of other things in a mere 1 hour and 10 minutes or so. It's 1942, so you can also expect Nazis to be involved. "Something changed after Pearl Harbor," a character tells Gay (Sanders). "Most things," he agrees.This film was the transition so that Sanders' real-life brother, Tom Conway, could take over the series. Sanders was somewhat smoother than his brother, more suave and handsome, but Conway was a serviceable actor, and their speaking voices were somewhat close. There was just something about Sanders that made him so good as the Falcon and the Saint - panache maybe. Both Gay and Tom go after the women like crazy in this one. Always fun and light entertainment.

As often happens, Gay Lawrence stumbles into the middle of a murder investigation when he arrives at the scene by chance. When the police think that the victim was Gay's own brother, Tom, Gay plays along to find why someone is happy to have Tom killed – even though the body is someone else. Investigating the case further, Gay links up with Tom and they continue together – until Gay is badly injured in an attack on them. Tom continues the investigation finding it leading to a plot involving Nazi plotters in deep cover.I haven't seen the rest of this series so I'm not sure what the quality is like, but on the basis of this film I must say that things look bad because this handover entry is one of the lesser of the Falcon films that I have seen. The actual plot is OK when it finally gets going, but this takes too long and plot development really only happens in the final fifteen minutes. Up till this point the film is rather dull – trying to tie things together and hand things over before it settles to actually doing the job of entertaining the audience with this entry. The change is characters came about because Sanders no longer wanted to do the series, having become bored with it – just like his life, when he became bored, he simply left without fuss. In fairness to Sanders, he seems a bit happier knowing that he is on his way out and gives a better performance than he did in 'Falcon Takes Over', the film before this one, where he seemed half dead. Sander's real half brother, Tom Conway, takes over the lead in this film and, once he is allowed to do it he is actually OK – nothing special but, in a simple film, just as able to do the job as Sanders, even if he has a bit less of a natural presence on-screen. The change in support characters was where the main loss is felt though. Replacing Jenkin's Goldy with Barclay's Lefty was a lazy move – Barclay simply apes Jenkins' wit while the script offers no reason for his sudden involvement in the series – where did Goldy go?! Likewise Chief O'Hara is replaced by Inspector Donovan and Clark simply copies the style of O'Hara – annoying because it feels like the writers just didn't bother to do anything with this fresh start other that tread water, understandable with the basics but minor characters could have been altered a bit at least.Overall this film was a necessary step in keeping the series going despite the loss of two of the regulars as well as the actual Falcon. For this reason the film never really gets going as it is too busy handing over. The change in minor characters is a real annoyance because it is done without thought – but not have as annoying as the very glib way that it just kills Gay off and then establishes Tom with a predictable 'here we go again'. A poor film for obvious reasons that will likely even annoy Falcon fans.

Of all the Falcon movies, this is probably the most tongue-in-cheek, or just plain "corn", but engaging nevertheless, and you had better pay attention to every bit of it or you'll be lost. The main reason for the film is that George Sanders wanted out of the role (this was the fourth in the series), and stipulated that he be killed in the plot, therefore avoiding any returns in the future. His real-life brother Tom Conway, fell heir to the series and went on to make nine appearances as the Falcon. In this offering, a dead body appears almost immediately, first thought to be that of the Falcon's brother. Not so! The ship that he was supposedly on also carried an assortment of spies and shady types, who weave in and out of the plot, giving both Falcons plenty of opportunities for sleuthing and woman-chasing. After sifting through all the South Americans, Mexicans, native New Yorkers and high-society women, the original Falcon (Sanders) gives his life shielding a foreign diplomat from an assassin's bullet. Just as it seems that it's all over for Falcon lovers, and brother Tom is about to head for home, he receives a telephone threat, so he decides to stay and become the Falcon himself! Nine more movies evolved in the series, now starring Tom Conway.