Friday, September 28, 2012

The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by William Clemens
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)

The Falcon ends up at an all-girl seminary, just the place for a skirt chaser, where he investigates the murder of a teacher. The faculty all act a little strange, especially the psychiatry teacher with a shady past. Then there is the student with the ability to see into the future, who correctly predicts yet another murder. The truth eventually comes out, but not before a dramatic suicide-turned-accident on a cliff. Comedy relief from the "three ughs", cute kids who sing a lot, almost spoils it, but the remote seaside setting and the school itself provide enough menace to cancel them out.

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