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Director: John Huston
Writer(s): John Huston (screenplay), Dashiell Hammett (novel)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Gladys George
In this noir classic, detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman (Mary Astor). As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam’s partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man (Peter Lorre) demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejeweled Maltese falcon.
“Among the movies we not only love but treasure, The Maltese Falcon stands as a great divide.” – Rodger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times