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Summary:
After two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic -The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, John Huston, a long-established screenwriter making his directorial debut, got it right, simply by adhering as closely as possible to the original. Taking over from a recalcitrant George Raft, Humphrey Bogart achieved true s... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Humphrey Bogart - (Sam Spade)
Mary Astor - (Brigid O'Shaughnessy)
Peter Lorre - (Joel Cairo)
Sydney Greenstreet - (Kasper Gutman the Fat Man)
Ward Bond - (Detective Tom Polhaus)
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Review:
Adapting Dashiell Hammett's novel -- and staying as close to the original story as the Production Code allowed -- first-time director John Huston turned The Maltese Falcon into a movie often considered the first film noir. In his star-making performance as Sam Spade, Humphrey Bogart embodied the coolly ruthless private eye who... Continue >>

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