The Maltese Falcon

Oct 18, 1941

1h 40m

★ 7.7

A story as EXPLOSIVE as his BLAZING automatics!

Overview

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

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Samuel Spade

Humphrey Bogart

Brigid O'Shaughnessy

Mary Astor

Iva Archer

Gladys George

Joel Cairo

Peter Lorre

Lt. of Detectives Dundy

Barton MacLane

Effie Perine

Lee Patrick

Kasper Gutman

Sydney Greenstreet

Det. Tom Polhaus

Ward Bond

Miles Archer

Jerome Cowan

Wilmer Cook

Elisha Cook Jr.

Luke

James Burke

Frank Richman

Murray Alper

Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his building is stabbed by hoodlums hired by his own rebellious daughter. To top it off, a sexually aggressive chiropractor may just be Ray's undoing.

6.4

Gang Related

Oct 8, 1997

After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.

6.1

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

Dec 17, 2008

After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.

0.0

The Right Thing

Dec 21, 2023

Thula, a detective fleeing police corruption, owes a colleague a favor. A new mission leads him into music, drugs, and politics. To save his family, he must confront past and hidden crimes.

7.3

Bad Day at Black Rock

Jan 13, 1955

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

7.0

Anything for Her

Dec 3, 2008

Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his wife's innocence, Julien decides to act. How far will he be willing to go for her?

5.5

Feed

May 11, 2005

A cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.

7.7

The Big Heat

Oct 14, 1953

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

6.0

Deceiver

Aug 31, 1997

The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.

6.3

The Cheap Detective

Jun 23, 1978

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.

7.3

After the Thin Man

Dec 25, 1936

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.

7.1

Another Thin Man

Nov 17, 1939

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

7.0

Shadow of the Thin Man

Nov 21, 1941

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

7.1

The Thin Man Goes Home

Dec 24, 1944

On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.