The Maltese Falcon
A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
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Cast
13 people
Ricardo Cortez
Sam Spade
Known for
The Walking Dead
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Bebe Daniels
Ruth Wonderly
Known for
42nd Street
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Dudley Digges
Casper Gutman
Known for
The Invisible Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
Una Merkel
Effie Perrine
Known for
The Parent Trap
The Bank Dick
Robert Elliott
Police Lt. Dundy
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
The Divorcee
Thelma Todd
Iva Archer
Known for
Horse Feathers
Monkey Business
Otto Matieson
Dr. Joel Cairo
Also in
The Telltale Heart
The Salvation Hunters
Walter Long
Miles Archer
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Pardon Us
Dwight Frye
Wilmer Cook
Known for
Dracula
Frankenstein
J. Farrell MacDonald
Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
My Darling Clementine
Agostino Borgato
Capt. John Jacobi (uncredited)
Also in
Hula
Bird of Paradise
Morgan Wallace
District Attorney (uncredited)
Known for
Grand Hotel
Fury
Roy Del Ruth Director · Maude Fulton Screenplay Brown Holmes Screenplay
United States release May 23, 1931 · Produced in United States · Working title All Women
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
All Women · Woman of the World
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 23, 1931
Limited theatrical · Washington, D.C.
United States
May 28, 1931 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
June 13, 1931 · Theatrical
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