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Release Date:
December 8, 1944
Original Title:
The Falcon in Hollywood
Genres:
Crime | Mystery
Production Companies:
RKO Radio Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 67
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.
Art Direction:
Lucius O. Croxton
Albert S. D'Agostino
Assistant Director:
James E. Casey
Camera Operator:
Fred Bentley
Characters:
Michael Arlen
Choreographer:
Theodore Rand
Costume Design:
ReniƩ
Director:
Gordon Douglas
Director of Photography:
Nicholas Musuraca
Editor:
Gene Milford
Music Director:
C. Bakaleinikoff
Producer:
Maurice Geraghty
Screenplay:
Gerald Geraghty
Set Decoration:
Michael Ohrenbach
Darrell Silvera
Sound Recordist:
Francis M. Sarver
Special Effects:
Vernon L. Walker
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