The Falcon in Hollywood
Where next will the killer strike?
1944 | 67m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Gordon Douglas |
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| Writer: | Gerald Geraghty |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 08, 1944 |
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| Director: | Gordon Douglas |
| Writer: | Gerald Geraghty |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
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| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tom Conway | Tom Lawrence |
| Barbara Hale | Peggy Callahan |
| Veda Ann Borg | Billie Atkins |
| John Abbott | Martin S. Dwyer |
| Sheldon Leonard | Louie Buchanan |
| Konstantin Shayne | Alec Hoffman |
| Emory Parnell | Inspector McBride |
| Frank Jenks | Lieutenant Higgins |
| Jean Brooks | Roxanna Miles |
| Rita Corday | Lili D'Allio |
| Walter Soderling | Ed Johnson, studio guard |
| Useff Ali | Mohammed, the actor [Script Name: Nogari] |
| Robert Clarke | Perc Saunders - Assistant Director |
| Chili Williams | Blonde Woman at Races (uncredited) |
| Jacques Lory | Man with Bull Fiddle (uncredited) |
| Nancy Marlowe | Studio Messenger (uncredited) |
| Chester Clute | Apartment Manager (uncredited) |
| Perc Launders | Statuary Molder - [Script Name: Zoller] (uncredited) |
| Bryant Washburn | Art Department Runner (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gordon Douglas | Director |
| Nicholas Musuraca | Director of Photography |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| Renié | Costume Design |
| C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Vernon L. Walker | Special Effects |
| Michael Arlen | Characters |
| Gerald Geraghty | Screenplay |
| Gene Milford | Editor |
| Lucius O. Croxton | Art Direction |
| Michael Ohrenbach | Set Decoration |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| James E. Casey | Assistant Director |
| Francis M. Sarver | Sound Recordist |
| Theodore Rand | Choreographer |
| Fred Bentley | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Maurice Geraghty | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Trending Position
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 a story here, with a few realistic suspects and a bit of detail on just how films are made before a denouement that's hardly a shock, but results in a fun chase through the studio lot and a great big Super Trouper! Enjoyable enough afternoon stuff.