The Maltese Falcon

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Theatrical Release Date:

10/18/1941

DVD Release Date:

02/15/2000

Run Time:

101min.

Starring:

Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor , Peter Lorre , Sydney Greenstreet , Ward Bond

Director(s):

John Huston

Distributor(s):

Warner Bros.

MPAA Rating:

Not Rated

Genre(s):

Crime and Mystery

Plot: After two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, John Huston, a long-established screenwriter making his directorial debut, got it right, simply by ... Read More

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