A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
MysteryCrimebased on novel or bookdetectiveladies' manfemme fatalewomanizerfilm noirmurderstatuetteprivate detectiveblack birdpre-codefall guy
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, grave and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Ricardo CortezSam Spade
- Bebe DanielsRuth Wonderly
- Dudley DiggesCasper Gutman
- Una MerkelEffie Perrine
- Robert ElliottPolice Lt. Dundy
- Thelma ToddIva Archer
- Otto MatiesonDr. Joel Cairo
- Walter LongMiles Archer
- Dwight FryeWilmer Cook
- J. Farrell MacDonaldDet. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
Crew
- Roy Del RuthDirector
- Maude FultonScreenplay
- Brown HolmesScreenplay
- Dashiell HammettNovel
- William ReesDirector of Photography
- George MarksEditor
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