The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

Directed by

Joseph H. Lewis

Genre

mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 06m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A wealthy amateur sleuth investigates a kidnapping and murder during a trip to San Francisco. He navigates suspicious characters and local police to solve the case.

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What happens

The Falcon in San Francisco is a 1945 American crime and mystery film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and stars Tom Conway, Rita Corday and Edward Brophy, who played the recurring role of "Goldie" Locke. The film was the 11th in The Falcon series of detective films, and the eighth featuring Conway as the amateur sleuth. The Falcon in San Francisco was the final film in the series produced by Maurice Geraghty, after which budgets were reduced and location shooting largely abandoned. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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