The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon

Movie·1931·1h 20m

The Maltese Falcon

Directed By

Roy Del Ruth

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Written By

Maude Fulton, Brown Holmes

Cinematography

William Rees

Editor

George Marks

Themes

based on novel or bookdetectiveladies' manfemme fatalewomanizerfilm noirmurderstatuetteprivate detectiveblack birdpre-codefall guy

Production House

Warner Bros. Pictures

Audience Score

64%

53 votes

Skip12%
Timepass29%
Go for it37%
Perfection22%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Ricardo Cortez

Ricardo Cortez

Sam Spade

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Ruth Wonderly

Dudley Digges

Dudley Digges

Casper Gutman

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Effie Perrine

Robert Elliott

Robert Elliott

Police Lt. Dundy

Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Iva Archer

Otto Matieson

Otto Matieson

Dr. Joel Cairo

Walter Long

Walter Long

Miles Archer

Dwight Frye

Dwight Frye

Wilmer Cook

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus

Agostino Borgato

Capt. John Jacobi (uncredited)

Morgan Wallace

Morgan Wallace

District Attorney (uncredited)

Lucille Ward

Lucille Ward

Sarah the Prison Matron (uncredited)

// crew

Crew

Maude Fulton

Maude Fulton

Screenplay

Roy Del Ruth

Roy Del Ruth

Director

George Marks

Editor

William Rees

Director of Photography

Brown Holmes

Screenplay

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