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The Maltese Falcon

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The Maltese Falcon
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NR,1hr 41min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Released:
January 1, 1941
Director:
John Huston
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre  ...more
Synopsis: After two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, John Huston, a long-established screenwriter making his directorial debut, got it right, simply by adhering as closely as possible to the original. Taking over from a recalcitrant George Raft, Humphrey Bogart achieved true stardom as Sam Spade, a hard-boiled San Francisco private eye who can be as unscrupulous as the next guy but also adheres to his own ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
Adapting Dashiell Hammett's novel -- and staying as close to the original story as the Production Code allowed -- first-time director John Huston turned The Maltese Falcon into a movie often considered the first film noir. In his star-making performance as Sam Spade, Humphrey Bogart embodied the coolly ruthless private eye who recognizes the dark side of humanity, in all its greedy perversity, and ... Full Review
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Humphrey Bogart
Sam Spade, Samuel Spade
Mary Astor
Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Peter Lorre
Joel Cairo
Sydney Greenstreet
Kasper Gutman the Fat Man
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