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The Maltese Falcon
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
1941 · Directed by John Huston · 100 min · Mystery · Crime · Thriller · 17 frames
Tagline
He's a Killer When He Hates!
Crew
- Screenplay: John Huston
- Cinematography: Arthur Edeson
- Edited by: Thomas Richards
- Music: Adolph Deutsch
Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Samuel Spade
- Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
- Gladys George as Iva Archer
- Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo
- Barton MacLane as Lt. of Detectives Dundy
- Lee Patrick as Effie Perine
- Sydney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman
- Ward Bond as Detective Tom Polhaus
- Jerome Cowan as Miles Archer
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Wilmer Cook
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $375,000
- Box office: $1,772,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, san francisco, california, loss of loved one, detective, film noir, murder, statuette, whodunit, black and white, private detective
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