Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

shakspryn Excellent in every way: Conway is smooth, charming, engaging as the Falcon; big cast of many pretty young ladies at a private girls' school; moody exteriors of cliffs and the pounding surf, always a plus in this kind of movie; a real mystery plot, the solution of which makes sense--how rare is that!--good work from all supporting players; fine exteriors of the girls' school, the cliff and beach, well alternated with process shots; reasonably good print on the dvd; literate and enjoyable script; and very well paced by the director. RKO spent money on this production, and it shows. We have one of the bigger casts of extras for this kind of 1940's series mystery movie. The sets and locations are good. Mystery and humor are very well combined. This film can hold its own against the best of the other good series of this time: the Universal Sherlock Holmes movies, and the last Fox Charlie Chan films. It really is that good!

TheLittleSongbird The Falcon films, both with George Sanders and Tom Conway in the lead role, are on the most part very enjoyable. There are some very good ones like the first two Sanders Falcon films and 'The Falcon Strikes Back', though also a few disappointments like 'The Falcon in Danger'.Generally, 'The Falcon and the Co-Eds' is one of the most entertaining Falcon films and one of the better ones too. By all means, it could have been a little bit better, with it getting off to a sluggish start and while the film is never dull once and has a diverting story with some great and wonderfully unusual twists and turns (with a very surprising reveal), it occasionally feels a little rushed as a result of the running time being as short as it is and there are a couple of loose ends that confuse things a little.However, The music is lively and haunting enough, and on the most part the production values are slick and atmospheric with particularly nicely done photography. William Clemens directs efficiently. Further advantages are a very playful script with dialogue that crackles with wit and a mostly absorbing story that is never less than bright, breezy and fun with some suspense, great twists and turns and a very exciting climax.Conway continues to thrive and enjoy himself as the title character, everything that Sanders brought to the role are also present in Conway's performance and with full impact. Cliff Clark and Edward Gargan's comedy is more understated this time round, but they are nonetheless amusing still. There are some great female characters too, Rita Corday is alluring and sassy and Amelita Ward is significantly less annoying than in the previous Falcon film.It is true though that one of 'The Falcon and the Co-Eds' biggest delights is the 3 Ughs, such delightful characters performed with the perfect balance of sultriness, charm and often hilarious comic timing.Overall, among the most entertaining and best of the mostly very enjoyable Falcon series. 7/10 Bethany Cox

tedg I've seen two of these this week, both from the same era and both assuming that some evil person can have hypnotic control over an innocent. Most of these are not worthy of comment, but in this case, the innocent is someone special.She is the daughter of a famous pianist, someone with passion so intense, it leaves the body and creates an empty husk unable to cope with the world. I know who the pattern for this is. This is a pianist that settles my soul with his abandon. I actually had the opportunity to spend time with his daughter, and she is nothing like the lovely fiction here portrayed.She is cursed with the soul of her father without his talent. A passion not allowed to disperse, someone who cooks. This is the woman that many of us may fall in love with. Because of this gift, she is suspected of being psychic, strange, vacantly alluring and (because of the era) hypnotically suggestible. There is a play within this that is the cause of a murder and which involves this girl. It is clumsily done, but the idea is so sweet that if you are susceptible, you could believe it.Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.

Neil Doyle TOM CONWAY seemed to be settling comfortably into his Falcon role (inherited from brother George Sanders) by the time he made THE FALCON AND THE CO-EDS.The setting is the quaint Blue Cliff School for Young Ladies and The Falcon is there to solve the murder of a professor. The cast is an attractive one--and once again the cast includes AMELITA WARD and JEAN BROOKS. RITA CORDAY and ISABEL JEWELL are further additions to the charming female cast and all are among the suspects when the school's headmistress is also murdered.The usual comic relief from bumbling detectives and some silly schoolgirls in love with The Falcon, it's diverting entertainment as well as an intriguing mystery.Worthwhile watch for Falcon fans.