Appointment with Murder

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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

Bibliography

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

External links

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