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The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)

The Falcon in San Francisco poster
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

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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