Maltese Falcon Movie 1941

One day spade is approached by miss wonderly a woman who offers him considerable money in exchange for the protection of her safety from a man named floyd thursby.

Maltese falcon movie 1941. Its tail feathers are visibly dented from when bogart dropped it. In this film noir classic hard boiled san francisco private eye sam spade is a man with questionable morals but unquestionably good at what he does. The maltese falcon is a 1941 american film noir directed and scripted by john huston in his directorial debut based on the 1930 novel of the same name by dashiell hammett. 168 of 173 found this interesting.

The maltese falcon is based on a dashiell hammett book of the same name. A dame played by whoops a woman. Gladys george peter lorre and sydney greenstreet co star with the last appearing in his film debut. The maltese falcon 1941 1 706 imdb 8 0 1h 40min 1941 x ray 13 cinematic masterpiece stars screen legend humphrey bogart as private detective sam spade a no nonsense loner whose partner is killed while pursuing a case.

Tough and gritty the film noir classic the maltese falcon from 1941 has a fantastic cast led by humphrey bogart in the role of hardboiled detective sam spade. The film begins in san francisco 1941. Two maltese falcons were used because humphrey bogart accidentally dropped the original during shooting. It is on display in the movie museum at warner bros.

Ruth wonderly mary astor arrives at the office of private investigators sam spade humphrey bogart and miles archer jerome cowan. A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette.