The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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| Director: | John Huston |
| Actors: | Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Sydney Greenstreet, Jerome Cowan |
A gallery of high-living lowlifes will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why - and who'll take the fall. This third screen version of Dashiell Hammett's novel is a film of firsts: John Huston's directorial debut, rotund Sydney Greenstreet's screen debut, film history's first film noir and Bogart's break-through role after years as a Warner contract player. An all-star cast (including Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) join Bogart in this crisply written sizzler the placed in the top quarter of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Films list. Many say it's the best detective drama ever. Each time you see it, you'll find it hard to disagree.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 97mins |
| Origin: | UNITED STATES |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 |
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Member Reviews (12)
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Clouseau
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A classic! Deserves all the accolades. A must see if you like 'Boggy'!
A.P.S.
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Slick dialogue and great performances; but bad music and anachronistic misogyny. Mainstream-style classic, lacking grit - more charcoal-grey than noir.
Viewer
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"It's the stuff dreams are made of." This work is cinematic par excellence and one of the most memorable films starring Humphrey Bogart. This is a movie which fits well into the hard-boiled detective and mystery genres and is well worth several viewings at the very least.
Alex F
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Classic, mostly because of Bogart's performance. If you like him you'll love this movie.
Janine
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Always an excellent movie and worth watching again and again.
Ed V.
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We did enjoy this film like we do most of the old oldies, worth seeing. Ed
T C.
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Jarrod T.
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A true classic. One of Bogarts best. Some timeless PI one liners.
Paz Alfonso
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Loved it. The acting is brilliant, the plot full of unexpected twists, there is no gratuitous violence and unnecessary loud noise. This movie has CLASS!
Jacqui Myers
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Classic Humphrey Bogart, in a Sam Spade who-dunnit...if you can ignore the dated production techniques, it's still a very engaging yarn.
Tina Grivas
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Great performance by Bogart. One of the best movies.
Dan
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