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08/12/1944 Crime, Mystery 1h 7m
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Where next will the killer strike?

Overview

Suave amateur detective Tom Lawrence--aka Michael Arlen's literary hero The Falcon--arrives in Hollywood for some rest and relaxation, only to find himself involved in the murder of a movie actor. There's no shortage of suspects: the costume designer to whom he was married, a tyrannical director, a beautiful young French starlet, a Shakespeare-quoting producer, even a New York gangster. Helping The Falcon solve the crime is a cute, wise-cracking cab driver and a pair of bumbling cops.

  1. Gordon Douglas

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Tom Conway

    Tom Lawrence

  2. Barbara Hale

    Peggy Callahan

  3. Veda Ann Borg

    Billie Atkins

  4. John Abbott

    Martin S. Dwyer

  5. Sheldon Leonard

    Louie Buchanan

  6. Konstantin Shayne

    Alec Hoffman

  7. Emory Parnell

    Inspector McBride

  8. Frank Jenks

    Lieutenant Higgins

  9. Jean Brooks

    Roxanna Miles

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-03
It's the persistent cabbie "Billie" (Veda Ann Borg) who steals the thunder in this quite entertaining and quickly paced outing for our eponymous sleuth (Tom Conway). He is dragooned into an investigation following a murder at an Hollywood studio and so for the next hour or so we are treated to loads of backstage photography, scantily clad dancers, an increasingly irate producer (John Abbott) and, of course, a diabolical curse of the Maharajah's ring. Is the picture doomed to end up on the outing room floor? It has no director and is rapidly becoming a celluloid albatross! There's a bit more of...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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