The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as private detective Sam Spade and Bebe Daniels as femme fatale Ruth Wonderly. The supporting cast features Dudley Digges, Thelma Todd, Walter Long, Una Merkel, and Dwight Frye. Maude Fulton and Brown Holmes wrote the screenplay; one contemporaneous report said that Lucien Hubbard was assisting them.
The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Genres - Comedy Drama, Crime, Drama, Mystery-Suspense |
Sub-Genres - Film Noir, LGBT-Related Film |
Release Date - Jun 13, 1931 |
Run Time - 80 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - PG-13
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Detective, Femme Fatale, Film Based On A Novel, Murder, Private Detective, Statuette, Womanizer
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Based On: The Maltese Falcon
Narrative Location: San Francisco
Narrative Location: San Francisco
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Alternate Titles
A máltai sólyom
HU
All Women
US
Dangerous Female
US
Den sorte falk
DK
El halcón
ES
El halcón maltés
ES
En farlig kvinne
NO
Falken från Malta
SE
Il falcone maltese
IT
Le faucon maltais
FR
Mujer peligrosa
UY
O Falcão Maltês
BR
Shahin e Malt
IR
The Maltese Falcon
GB, US
Woman of the World
US
Мальтийский сокол
, RU
マルタの鷹（1931）
JP