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The Maltese Falcon
Directed by
John Huston
Not Rated
1941
1h 40m
Mystery
,
Crime
,
and more
7.9
99%
91%
7.7
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A private detective is swept up in the hunt for a priceless statuette after his partner is murdered in a seemingly ordinary tailing job.
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Cast of The Maltese Falcon
Humphrey Bogart
Samuel Spade
Mary Astor
Brigid O'Shaughnessy
Gladys George
Iva Archer
Peter Lorre
Joel Cairo
Barton MacLane
Lt. of Detectives Dundy
Lee Patrick
Effie Perine
Sydney Greenstreet
Kasper Gutman
Ward Bond
Det. Tom Polhaus
Jerome Cowan
Miles Archer
Elisha Cook Jr.
Wilmer Cook
James Burke
Luke
Murray Alper
Frank Richman
John Hamilton
District Attorney Bryan
Charles Drake
Reporter (uncredited)
Chester Gan
Bit Part (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Stenographer (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Policeman (uncredited)
William Hopper
Reporter (uncredited)
Walter Huston
Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Reporter (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
It is (and this is rare in American films) a work of entertainment that is yet so skillfully constructed that after many years and many viewings it has the same brittle explosiveness -- and even some of the same surprise -- that it had in its first run.
Detroit Free Press
Frank P. Gill
Messrs. Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang, filmdom's ace thriller directors, had better look to their laurels, for they are facing dangerous competition in John Huston.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Ida Belle Hicks
Good direction of a good story with top ranking talent makes The Maltese Falcon one of the best mystery films of recent months.
New York Daily News
Kate Cameron
Humphrey Bogart's Sam is all that the most rabid Hammett fan could wish him to be, while Sydney Greenstreet and Mary Astor are just about perfect in their roles.
Los Angeles Times
Philip K. Scheuer
[John Huston] has taken his own adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's hardboiled crime yarn and stretched it so taut that it fairly sings in your ears.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Mildred Martin
The Maltese Falcon has been made before, but never like this. If chief credit goes to Huston, there is still a large and fancy slice left for the players. Humphrey Bogart gives the performance of his career.
Newsweek
John O'Hara
It is a good picture except for the voluminous plot explanations, but they were part of Dashiell Hammett's book so I suppose I must not complain.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Colvin McPherson
The picture achieves what hundreds of routine detective stories fail to achieve -- genuine mystery, suspense and drama.
Chicago Tribune
Mae Tinée
This is really a movie that keeps you guessing. It's brilliantly acted.
Boston Globe
Marjory Adams
It is one of the most satisfactory portrayals Bogart has given for some time, and practically no other actor could be better cast for the role.
Newsweek
Newsweek Staff
If half of Hollywood's remakes turned out as well as The Maltese Falcon, the studios could stop buying stories for a while.
The Hollywood Reporter
THR Staff
On a number of accounts it is distinguished celluloid entertainment, but it is of great interest to the trade because it reveals, in startling terms, the unheralded talent of topflight scenarist, John Huston.
The New Republic
Otis Ferguson
The Maltese Falcon is the first crime melodrama with finish, speed and bang to come along in what seems ages.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Excellent but too mature for the littlest kids.
TIME Magazine
TIME Staff
Frighteningly good evidence that the British (Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, et al.) have no monopoly on the technique of making mystery films.
Variety
Variety Staff
This is one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Who can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur?
Entertainment Weekly
Jeff Labrecque
Boldly manipulating light and shadow, utilizing drastic camera angles, and introducing Bogart's Sam Spade, [John Huston's] detective classic defines film noir.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Mr. Huston gives promise of becoming one of the smartest directors in the field.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Film noir at its finest.
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