A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
16 January 1887, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
27 December 1879, Sandwich, Kent, England, UK
13 September 1900, Patten, Maine, USA
26 June 1904, Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]
24 May 1889, County Cork, Ireland
September 5, 1890 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
26 January 1915, New York City, New York, USA
25 December 1899, New York City, New York, USA
4 July 1908, San Francisco, California, USA
25 December 1902, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
November 8, 1877 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA
29 December 1892, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
26 December 1903, San Francisco, California, USA
2 October 1917, New York City, New York, USA
24 September 1886, New York City, New York, USA
28 May 1887, New York City, New York, USA
6 October 1897, New York City, New York, USA
9 April 1903, Benkelman, Nebraska, USA
11 January 1904, New York City, New York, USA
3 May 1906, Quincy, Illinois, USA
22 November 1901, New York City, New York, USA
5 April 1883, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 17, 2017
The Maltese Falcon feels evergreen, not so much in style or attitude but in mood.June 10, 2008
The Maltese Falcon is among the most important and influential movies to emerge from the Hollywood system -- as significant in some ways as its contemporary, Citizen Kane.April 08, 2008
This is one of the best examples of actionful and suspenseful melodramatic story telling in cinematic form.August 29, 2012
The Maltese Falcon is the first crime melodrama with finish, speed and bang to come along in what seems ages.October 16, 2007
Who can argue with Bogart's glower or Mary Astor in her ratty fur?June 07, 2015
John Huston's first whirlpool of seekers and patsiesJanuary 18, 2014
exceptionally craftedNovember 09, 2015
...both great in itself and influential in the course of movie historyDecember 08, 2016
Arguably the best detective movie ever made in Hollywood.April 23, 2009
Frighteningly good evidence that the British (Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed, et al.) have no monopoly on the technique of making mystery films.June 24, 2006
Filmed almost entirely in interiors, it presents a claustrophobic world animated by betrayal, perversion and pain.