the Maltese Falcon

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The Maltese Falcon - Special Edition - 3 Disc Set - Coming in Oct. '06

Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the duplicitous Brigid (Mary Astor), the perfumed Mr. Cairo (Peter Lorre), and the scheming Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet). John Huston's brilliant directorial debut is aided by these first-rate performances and excellent camera work. Based on the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett. Screenplay written by Dashiell Hammett and John Huston.

Selected for the Library of Congress' National Film Registry of American Film.

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Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: John Huston
Black & White
100 minutes
Released: 1941
Rated N/A:

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Film-Noir/Mystery

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