The Maltese Falcon
1931 | 80m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Roy Del Ruth |
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| Writer: | Brown Holmes, Dashiell Hammett, Maude Fulton |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 23, 1931 |
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| Director: | Roy Del Ruth |
| Writer: | Brown Holmes, Dashiell Hammett, Maude Fulton |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | detective, based on novel or book, ladies' man, femme fatale, womanizer, film noir, murder, statuette, private detective, black bird, pre-code, fall guy, adulterous affair |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Ricardo Cortez | Sam Spade |
| Bebe Daniels | Ruth Wonderly |
| Dudley Digges | Casper Gutman |
| Una Merkel | Effie Perrine |
| Robert Elliott | Police Lt. Dundy |
| Thelma Todd | Iva Archer |
| Otto Matieson | Dr. Joel Cairo |
| Walter Long | Miles Archer |
| Dwight Frye | Wilmer Cook |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus |
| Agostino Borgato | Capt. John Jacobi (uncredited) |
| Morgan Wallace | District Attorney (uncredited) |
| Lucille Ward | Sarah the Prison Matron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| William Rees | Director of Photography |
| George Marks | Editor |
| Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Brown Holmes | Screenplay |
| Earl Luick | Wardrobe Designer |
| Roy Del Ruth | Director |
| Dashiell Hammett | Novel |
| Maude Fulton | Screenplay |
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