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Maltese Falcon (The)
- Director: Roy Del Ruth
- Writer: Dashiell Hammett; Maude Fulton
CGiii Comment
Not a patch on the Bogey version.
So, watch the Bogey version!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Sam Spade is quite the womanizer. When his secretary tells him the new customer waiting outside his office is a knockout, he wastes no time before seeing her. It turns out she's a knockout with money. And she wants to spend it on his services as a private detective. She has some story about wanting to protect her sister. Neither he nor his partner, Miles Archer, believes it. But with the money she's paying, who cares? The job proves to be more dangerous than either of them expected. It involves not just the lovely dame with the dangerous lies, but also the sweaty Casper Gutman, the fey Joel Cairo, and the thuggish young Wilmer Cook. Three crooks, and all of them are looking for the statuette of a black bird they call the Maltese Falcon.
Cast & Characters
Bebe Daniels as Ruth Wonderly;
Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade;
Dudley Digges as Casper Gutman;
Una Merkel as Effie Perrine;
Robert Elliott as Police Lt. Dundy;
Thelma Todd as Iva Archer;
Otto Matieson as Dr. Joel Cairo;
Walter Long as Miles Archer;
Dwight Frye as Wilmer Cook;
J. Farrell MacDonald as Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus;
Agostino Borgato as Capt. John Jacobi;
Tiny Jones as Jailbird Seeking Cigarette;
Cliff Saum as Baggage Clerk;
Morgan Wallace as District Attorney;
Lucille Ward as Sarah - Prison Matron