The Maltese Falcon

(1941)

★ 7.7 IMDb · 1,930 votes

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Year: 1941

Runtime: 100 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джон Хьюстон

Cast: Хамфри Богарт, Мэри Астор, Глэдис Джордж, Петер Лорре, Бартон МакЛэйн, Ли Патрик, Сидни Гринстрит, Уорд Бонд, Джером Кауэн, Элиша Кук-младший

Plot

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wonderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon.