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The Maltese Falcon

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Huston

Writer:

Dashiell Hammett

Release Date:

Oct 3, 1941

Runtime:

1hr 40m

Synopsis

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.

Cast

  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Mary Astor
  • Gladys George
  • Peter Lorre
  • Barton MacLane
  • Lee Patrick
  • Sydney Greenstreet
  • Ward Bond
  • Jerome Cowan
  • Elisha Cook Jr.

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I mean, it's Bogey. Nothing else to say.

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Based on 16 Critics
8.4

USER SCORE (103)

Universal acclaim based on 103 Reviews
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The Maltese Falcon is really a triumph of casting and wonderfully suggestive character detail; the visual style, with its exaggerated vertical compositions, is striking but not particularly expressive, and its thematics are limited to intimations of absurdism (which, when they exploded in Beat the Devil, turned out to be fairly punk). But who can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur?

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Dave Kehr
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