Maltese Falcon, The
Movie (1941)
Crime, Mystery, Film Noir
In Collection
#1043
0*
DivX
101 mins
IMDB

Murray Alper Frank Richman
Humphrey Bogart Sam Spade
Mary Astor Brigid O'Shaughnessy/Miss Wonderly/Miss LaBlanc
Ward Bond Detective Sergeant Tom Polhaus
James Burke Luke
Jerome Cowan Miles Archer
Gladys George Iva Archer
Sydney Greenstreet Kasper Gutman
Peter Lorre Joel Cairo
Barton MacLane Detective Lieutenant Dundy
Lee Patrick Effie Perine
Elisha Cook Jr. Wilmer Cook
John Hamilton Bryan

Director John Huston
Producer Hal B. Wallis
Henry Blanke
Writer John Huston
Dashiell Hammett
Cinematography Arthur Edeson
Musician Adolph Deutsch

A beautiful young woman, Brigid O'Shaunessy (Mary Astor) contacts a detective agency to find her runaway sister. Miles Archer takes the case, but when he gets gunned down, his partner Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) resolves to solve the case and catch Miles' murderer. One thing leads to another, and Sam Spade meets Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), Guttman the Fat Man, (Sydney Greenstreet) and his gunsel Wilbur (Elisha Cook Jr), finds out there is no sister, but that everybody is actually interested in a mysterious black bird, the Maltese Falcon, said to be a gold bird covered with precious stones. During all this, Floyd Thursby, a pal of Birgid's is killed, as is Captain Jacobi (Walter Huston), another friend of Brigid's. At the very end, Sam Spade must decide if he'll throw his lot in with Brigid or do the right thing by his dead partner.

Edition Details
Country USA
Language English
Region Region 1
No. of Disks/Tapes 1