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.
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Character
Classical in form, cool, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
Who loves it, who doesn't
17 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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“Is Ricardo Cortez the best thing in The Maltese Falcon?”
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“Is the book better?”
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“Is the antagonist more compelling than the protagonist?”
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Cast
- Ricardo CortezSam Spade
- Bebe DanielsRuth Wonderly
- Dudley DiggesCasper Gutman
- Una MerkelEffie Perrine
- Robert ElliottPolice Lt. Dundy
- Thelma ToddIva Archer
- Otto MatiesonDr. Joel Cairo
- Walter LongMiles Archer
- Dwight FryeWilmer Cook
- J. Farrell MacDonaldDet. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
Crew
- Roy Del RuthDirector
- Maude FultonScreenplay
- Brown HolmesScreenplay
- Dashiell HammettNovel
- William ReesDirector of Photography
- George MarksEditor
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Pairings
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