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The Maltese Falcon
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
9 April 1903, Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
26 December 1903, San Francisco, California, USA
September 5, 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
25 December 1902, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
28 May 1887, New York City, New York, USA
11 January 1904, New York City, New York, USA
November 8, 1877 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA
27 December 1879, Sandwich, Kent, England, UK
24 September 1886, New York City, New York, USA
24 May 1889, County Cork, Ireland
3 May 1906, Quincy, Illinois, USA
6 October 1897, New York City, New York, USA
5 April 1883, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
26 January 1915, New York City, New York, USA
16 January 1887, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
4 July 1908, San Francisco, California, USA
2 October 1917, New York City, New York, USA
22 November 1901, New York City, New York, USA
13 September 1900, Patten, Maine, USA
25 December 1899, New York City, New York, USA
26 June 1904, Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]
December 08, 2016
Arguably the best detective movie ever made in Hollywood.
June 07, 2015
John Huston's first whirlpool of seekers and patsies
October 16, 2007
Who can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur?
May 17, 2017
The Maltese Falcon feels evergreen, not so much in style or attitude but in mood.
January 18, 2014
exceptionally crafted
April 23, 2009
Frighteningly good evidence that the British (Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, et al.) have no monopoly on the technique of making mystery films.
November 09, 2015
...both great in itself and influential in the course of movie history
June 24, 2006
Filmed almost entirely in interiors, it presents a claustrophobic world animated by betrayal, perversion and pain.
June 10, 2008
The Maltese Falcon is among the most important and influential movies to emerge from the Hollywood system -- as significant in some ways as its contemporary, Citizen Kane.
August 29, 2012
The Maltese Falcon is the first crime melodrama with finish, speed and bang to come along in what seems ages.
April 08, 2008
This is one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form.