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MOVIE · 1941

The Maltese Falcon

CrimeDramaMysteryRomanceThriller101 min

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade is hired to shadow a young woman, then finds himself pulled into a murder case and a hunt for a priceless statuette. Humphrey Bogart is Spade, cool and watchful as the story around him keeps shifting; Mary Astor's client has secrets of her own, while Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet turn up among the outsiders chasing the same prize. Directed by John Huston, the 1941 mystery moves through hotel rooms, offices, and backroom meetings where money, lies, and suspicion keep changing hands.

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