Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet
Stars: 3
Humphrey Bogart stars as private investigator Sam Spade. His partner and him meet a perspective client, Brigid O'Shuagnessy (Astor), who claims to be looking for her missing sister, who is suppose to be with a man named Thursby. Spade sends his partner, Archer, to follow him, and Archer ends up dead. Soon it is learned that Brigid may have been lying and is really in search of something else, the Maltese Falcon.
The story then spins you in many different directions, following a diverse cast of characters including Joel Cairo and Mr. Gutman. All of them are on a hunt for the seemingly invaluable falcon statue. The story constantly takes you in different directions. The answer lies almost always somewhere else, even when you thought you figured it out, you probably didn't.
While the plot line is excellent, the movie overall, is a little slow. Which is an accomplishment since it is only about 100 minutes long. While you are fascinated with figuring out the answer to the murder mystery, it seemingly takes a long time to get there. However, the plot and acting are superb. Its probably just a generational thing for me, but because of the pace it gets taken down another star. Nonetheless, this is a movie that every movie buff should see.
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