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.
Directed by Gordon Douglas
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Cast

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, Gate Guard
Useff Ali
Mohammed Nogari

Robert Clarke
Perc Saunders, Assistant Director
John Barton
Film Crew Member (uncredited)
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