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The Adventures of the Falcon — 1950
21 episodes broadcast in 1950.
A bookkeeper is blamed for looting his employer's accounts -- then the boss himself turns up murdered.
A songwriter's business-minded manager skims a few thousand dollars just before the composer is found dead.
After an $80,000 payroll heist, the crooks' own moll double-crosses them, and one hires the Falcon to track her and the money.
A woman learns her ex-mobster boyfriend is in deep trouble, and she and the Falcon find a fresh corpse waiting in his apartment.
September 17, 1950
(untitled)
October 8, 1950
The Case of the Unnecessary Knife
The Falcon is framed for the Brooklyn shooting of a Greek-accented tough guy, in a case that turns on a surprise ending.
A passed-over employee steals a quarter-million in jewels and kills to cover it, only for the supposed victim to walk back in.
A cheap contract killing unravels when a scheming beauty's two-million-dollar windfall hinges on a dead man who won't stay dead.
A racketeer freshly acquitted of tax evasion makes enemies of everyone around him and is soon found shot; the Falcon sorts the suspects.
A news photographer's half-million-dollar pictures leave a trail of bodies -- and a confession that ends in another killing.
A swindling fight promoter is murdered after fleecing a prizefighter, and one of his marks is left holding the blame.
A double-dealing gambler who played the horses and women alike finally gets exactly what he has coming.
After a $65,000 hold-up at a hotel poker game, the Falcon suspects one of the players quietly dealt himself in.
A brother's suicide, a greedy woman's murder, and a neat frame-up put the Falcon himself in the frame.
Two days before Christmas, a last-minute shopper stunned by the prices catches the watchful eye of a delivery driver in this holiday case.
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