Noah Rymer
almost 5 years
ago
Cool film noir, I can see elements of this character in a lot of other anti-heroes.
Tony Gandía
5 years
ago
Bogart's charm epitomizes the classic Hollywood private dick in this worthy classic
Robert Stuart
over 5 years
ago
Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade is the archetype for P.I.'s to come.
Charlie Alcock
over 5 years
ago
Could linger more on plot, but dialogue/performances carry it through.
Mark Lechman
6 years
ago
Clumsy robbers are trying to get that artefact... Little do they know, he does too !
Austin
7 years
ago
The ultimate, and commonly considered first, noir film.
Hao Lian
7 years
ago
everyone is sexy, as they should be
James Van
7 years
ago
Excellent but hard to fully appreciate now because it invented so many cliches
Kevin Luckham
over 8 years
ago
Considered by most to be the birth of Noir.
Dominic Dirupo
over 8 years
ago
Fast paced, fast talking and a twisting plot. Bogie is quality
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 Warner Bros. film based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and a remake of the 1931 film of the same name. Written for the screen and directed by John Huston, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade; Mary Astor as his femme fatale client; Gladys George; Peter Lorre; and Sydney Greenstreet in his film debut. The film was Huston's directorial debut and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
The story concerns a San Francisco private detective's dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers who compete to obtain a fabulous jewel-encrusted statuette of a falcon.
The Maltese Falcon has been named as one of the greatest films of all time by Roger Ebert, and Entertainment Weekly, and was cited by Panorama du Film Noir Américain, the first major work on film noir, as the first film of that genre.
The film premiered on October 3, 1941, in New York City and was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film...