The Maltese Falcon
Dir: John HustonCast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George
100mins 1941 US PG English
The Maltese Falcon
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In this noir classic, detective Sam Spade gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman.
As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam's partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man demanding he locate a valuable statuette.
Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejewelled Maltese falcon.
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