The Maltese Falcon (1941)★ 8.0/10
- Crime
- Mystery
- Film-Noir
Directed by: John Huston
Written by: John Huston, Dashiell Hammett
A San Francisco private detective works on a case involving a priceless artifact: the Maltese Falcon.
- Original title
- The Maltese Falcon
- Storyline
- In San Francisco, private detective Sam Spade and his partner Miles Archer meet a new client, Ruth Wonderly, who claims she is searching for her missing sister. Archer takes on the case but is killed that night. Spade learns that Wonderly's real name is Brigid O'Shaughnessy and her story was fabricated. She convinces Spade to investigate further, leading him into a complex web involving a priceless statuette, the Maltese Falcon.
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 175,521
- Companies
- Warner Bros., Vitagraph Limited, Warner Bros. Pictures Mexico, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Film, Warner Bros. Finland, Warner Bros. Pictures Germany, Associated Artists Productions (AAP), ICET, Suomi-Filmi, United Artists Television Distribution, Yleisradio (YLE), 2ème chaîne ORTF, France 3, Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox Video, MGM/UA Television Distribution, Warner Home Video, Mainostelevisio (MTV3), CBS/Fox, United International Pictures (UIP), MGM/UA Home Video, Fazer Musiikki Oy/Fazer Video, ARTE, Varus Video
- Release dates
- US October 3, 1941
- CA October 31, 1941
- UY March 5, 1942
- AR March 18, 1942
- MX May 21, 1942
- GB June 19, 1942
- ZA September 23, 1942
- AU October 30, 1942
- SE February 15, 1943
- PT August 8, 1945
- IT October 30, 1945
- AT December 22, 1945
- NO May 1, 1946
- TR May 1, 1946
- DE May 3, 1946
- FR July 31, 1946
- FI September 20, 1946
- GR September 21, 1946
- DK October 28, 1946
- BE June 5, 1947
- NL June 5, 1947
- HK August 13, 1950
- PH August 13, 1950
- JP January 10, 1951
- XWG March 3, 1969
- ES May 19, 1970
- DDDE May 7, 1983
- RU January 16, 1996
- KR July 5, 2000
- CZ January 1, 2002
- SG October 3, 2006
- AE December 3, 2006
- BR October 5, 2010
- IL February 2, 2011
- CN June 11, 2011
- PL March 15, 2015