The Maltese FalconPG

Directed by John Huston | USA | 1941 | 1h 44m | Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre

John Huston’s influential directorial debut which helped set the template for the film noir genre. Academy Award winner Humphrey Bogart stars as a tough San Francisco private detective who becomes involved with a deadly band of international thieves who will lie, double-cross and murder to obtain a jewel-encrusted statue. Adapted by John Huston from Dashiell Hammett’s novel and widely considered as one of the most influential detective films ever made.

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Reviews

‘The strange, dreamlike tension of the film escalates with each new confrontation, each new tailing, each new beating…’
★★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

‘Humphrey Bogart at his best in this dazzling crime tale’
★★★★★
Kevin Maher, The Times

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