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The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon
★ 6.4/10•1931•1h 20m•NR•Mystery•Crime

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.

Maude Fulton · Screenplay

Roy Del Ruth · Director

Brown Holmes · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 20m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 23, 1931

Actors

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)

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