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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]

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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
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

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

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