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The Maltese Falcon

Movie (1941)

"A story as EXPLOSIVE as his BLAZING automatics!"

The Maltese Falcon is a mystery thriller detective film from John Huston starring Humphrey Bogart. The film is regarded as a landmark in the film-noir movement.

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Released:	Oct 3rd, 1941
Budget:	$300,000.00
Revenue:	N/A

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Humphrey Bogart
plays Sam Spade

Mary Astor
plays Brigid O'Shaughnessy

Gladys George
plays Iva Archer

Peter Lorre
plays Joel Cairo

Barton MacLane
plays Det. Lt. Dundy

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Filming was completed in two months at a cost of less than $300,000.
Humphrey Bogart has absolutely no resemblance to the character of Sam Spade as described in the book. There, he is over 6 feet tall, has a hooked nose and blond hair.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Sam first goes to see Gutman in 12C, as he walks down the corridor we can see that directly in front of him is a chair, a table with flowers on and a silhouette of a diamond framed window and the flowers on the wall, but when he leaves we can see two chairs either side of the table and the diamond frame silhouette is not there.
George Raft was originally cast as Sam Spade. He turned it down because it was "not an important picture," taking advantage of a clause in his contract that said he did not have to work on remakes.

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