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.
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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
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