Review of The Falcon and the Co-eds

This picture was entertaining enough if not completely logical, personally I wouldn't stand so close to the edge of a cliff even if I was alone, never mind with someone who might do me harm. The story starts out with one of the questionable co-eds of the title informing The Falcon, Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway) of a murder at her school, the Bluecliff Seminary. But wait, isn't a seminary supposed to be for young men studying for the clergy? See what I mean about logical? Anyway, one death deemed a suicide leads to a second, which is almost certainly murder, and as The Falcon investigates, he unravels a questionable romantic triangle between Professor Graelich (George Givot), teacher Vicky Gaines (Jean Brooks), and music instructor Mary Phoebus (Isabel Jewell). What doesn't make sense is why Mary kept her marriage to Graelich a secret, even while he was pining away for Miss Gaines. Again, logical? What I did get a kick out of were the Three Ughs, referenced by The Falcon at one point without context and I didn't know what he was talking about until three young, sprightly girls in uniform came on the scene with their comedic banter and an occasional burst into song. For anyone viewing today, the sight of Lawrence hauling off and spanking Jane Harris (Amelita Ward) for stealing his car to open the picture will cause gasps of politically incorrect propriety, but then again, this was a different era. I saw Gene Autry do the same thing in one of his Westerns, and it didn't hurt his stature as a cowboy hero. Try doing it today and your career is over!