The Gay Falcon (1941)
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Directors
Irving Reis
Cast
George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Nina Vale
The story
Ladies' man and amateur crime solver Gay Laurence, the Gay Falcon, reluctantly agrees to give up both habits to mollify his fiancée, Elinor Benford. He and his uncouth sidekick, Jonathan "Goldie" Locke, become unenthusiastic stockbrokers. When Elinor asks him to attend a party given by Maxine Wood to mingle with potential clients, he refuses.
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Mysterie, crime film, mystery film
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