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The Falcon in Hollywood

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Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), the ace detective known as "the Falcon," hopes to enjoy a relaxing vacation in Los Angeles, but soon a dead body turns up on a film set. Aided by stunt driver Billie (Veda Ann Borg) and Inspector McBride (Emory Parnell), Tom seeks to determine the murderer in the case, which comes to involve gambling, jewelry and motion pictures. The suspects include an actress (Barbara Hale), a director (Konstantin Shayne), a crook (Sheldon Leonard) and a producer (John Abbott).

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 07/03/2013
B
A snappy and enjoyable crime drama. Go to Full Review
Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television 01/31/2010
Backstage location filming at RKO Studios will please movie buffs, in this little mystery. Go to Full Review
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Russ G 02/26/2023 A competently made B-grade whodunnit. This is the second "Falcon" installment in which I've seen Barbara Hale, the future Della Street on the Perry Mason series, the other being "The Falcon Out West" where she plays a quite fetching cowgirl. Miss Rita Corday is easy on the eyes as the fiesty cabbie. She's wearing a "Yellow Cab" cap through most of it - was that an early example of "product placement?" As is usual in these quickies, there isn't a lot the viewer can do to "solve" the mystery except follow along for the ride and await the Big Reveal. I'm taking these "Falcon" films in as TCM puts them up. See more 07/08/2013 Tom Conway returns as The Falcon and has quite a lot of fun solving a mysteryn set on the backlot of a fictional independent film studio (which is really the RKO lot). The Falcon is also partnered with spunky cab driver Veda Ann Borg. SPOILER! Besides the fun setting for the mystery, it was also funny to see the mystery hinge upon the same plot device that was used in Mel Brooks' "The Producers" of a producer overselling percentages of the film and then wanting it to fail to he won't have to pay out. See more 06/28/2013 Backstage location filming at RKO Studios will please movie buffs, in this little mystery. See more 08/27/2012 One of the best of RKOs Falcon pictures, helped by a particularly fast paced, witty script, great character performances and the use of RKOs studio backlot for much of the filming. See more 08/22/2012 The usual crime story to solve, but without having to build many or expensive new sets using RKO's own studios as the backdrop. See more 04/26/2012 this falcon entry has a great wise cracking female cabbie. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Tom Lawrence (Tom Conway), the ace detective known as "the Falcon," hopes to enjoy a relaxing vacation in Los Angeles, but soon a dead body turns up on a film set. Aided by stunt driver Billie (Veda Ann Borg) and Inspector McBride (Emory Parnell), Tom seeks to determine the murderer in the case, which comes to involve gambling, jewelry and motion pictures. The suspects include an actress (Barbara Hale), a director (Konstantin Shayne), a crook (Sheldon Leonard) and a producer (John Abbott).
Director
Gordon Douglas
Production Co
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 7m