THE FALCON IN HOLLYWOOD

(1944) World-famous detective The Falcon (Tom Conway) is on holiday in Hollywood, California when the pursuit of a swiped purse leads him to the fresh corpse of an actor on the lot of a film studio - a body that disappears in time to get The Falcon and his newest buddy, lady cab driver Billie (the very funny Veda Ann Borg) into a mess of trouble that sets The Falcon on solving the murder. Clues lead him to the dead man's apartment, the actor's widow (a costume designer who was having an affair with the director of the very film she and her husband had been working on), and of course the director himself, whose film feels cursed once the body is indeed found. A talented "B" cast turns this film into grade-A material, complete with a decent mystery puzzle and a tongue-in-cheek levity/sense of humor that works every time. Conway, dapper as always, shares some brilliant (and quite funny) on-screen chemistry with Borg, and if nothing else this makes The Falcon in Hollywood one of the best, most entertaining of its genre - one of those pleasant Sunday afternoon movies that will leave you with a smile on your face after catching it on TCM. (not rated)  8/10 stars

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