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The Falcon in Mexico (1944)

The Falcon in Mexico poster
Directed by
William Berke
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A suave amateur detective gets involved in a mystery that takes him to Mexico. He tries to solve a crime while navigating local intrigue and danger.

light-heartedmildly suspensefulwhimsicalpacing steadyplayfulunpretentiousretro

What happens

The Falcon in Mexico is a 1944 film directed by William Berke and stars Tom Conway in his recurring role as a suave amateur sleuth, supported by Mona Maris and Martha Vickers. Conway would play the Falcon seven more times before RKO retired the franchise in 1946.The Falcon in Mexico was the ninth of 16 films in the Falcon detective series. The film features many second unit sequences filmed in Mexico and Brazil; the latter scenes from Orson Welles's aborted film It's All True. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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