The Maltese Falcon (1941)

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In 1941 San Francisco, private investigators Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) and Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan) meet prospective client Miss Ruth Wonderly (Mary Astor). She claims to be looking for her missing sister, who is involved with a man named Floyd Thursby. Wonderly is to meet Thursby and hopes her sister will be with him. After receiving a substantial retainer, Archer volunteers to follow her that night and help get her sister back.

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That night, Spade is informed that Archer has been killed. He meets his friend, Police Detective Tom Polhaus (Ward Bond) at the murder scene. He then calls Wonderly’s hotel, but she has checked out. He is grilled by Polhaus and his supervisor, Lieutenant Dundy (Barton MacLane), who inform him that Thursby was also murdered that same evening. Dundy suggests that Spade had the opportunity and motive (Archer’s wife (Gladys George)) to commit both crimes.

Director	John Huston
Screen Writer	John Huston
Genre	Film – Noir
Release Date	October 3, 1941
Starring	Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Gladys George Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet
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Distributed by	Warner Bros.