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Maltese Falcon, The (1941) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars Maltese Falcon, The (1941) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Overall Rating:3.5377
Avg Critic Score:3.4190

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Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig) Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
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Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic Reviews eFilmCritic Reviews
"The Maltese Falcon" straddles the line between pulp fiction and film noir like few other films. The black statue of the title is a fantastical target for the film's motley crew of thieves and scoundrels, and ancient treasure suggesting far-off places ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for FilmHead.com - Video Pick FilmHead.com - Video Pick
The first film this week also stars Samuel L. Jackson, but couldn't be more different than last week's pick: Deep Blue Sea. In The Red Violin, he plays an antique appraiser who comes across "The Red Violin", an infamous instrument made by Italian ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at FilmHead.com - Video Pick
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio) DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
...we're caught up in the pulse of the film, pretty much swept along by its deeds, not even particularly saddened or surprised by the pessimism of its ending. ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at DVDTown.com (John J. Puccio)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews The BigScreen Cinema Guide - Reader Reviews
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Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Movie Central DVD Movie Central
Two commodities were especially hot in Hollywood in the late 1930’s—mystery movies, and Humphrey Bogart. It was quite a natural move to bring the two forces together. After all, Bogart had proven himself a bankable star for Warner, despite only ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at DVD Movie Central
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler) IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler)
A friend suggested that I catch up on one of the true classics of cinema that had eluded me over the years... "The Maltese Falcon". This noir mystery consistently intrigues and entertains with its characters playing head games on one another and ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at IndependentCritics.com (TC Candler)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Vault (Friday and Saturday Night Critic) Movie Vault (Friday and Saturday Night Critic)
He’s lived through a Depression. He’s good at his job and knows it. He has no patience for bunglers or needless chit-chat. One of his lines in Dashiell Hammett’s novel is “making speeches is no damned good.” He’d never brag about how ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Movie Vault (Friday and Saturday Night Critic)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy) EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
One of the most brilliant directorial debuts in Hollywood's history, this gem of a movie catapulted Humphrey Bogart to major stardom, offering one of his finest roles (with many memorable lines) as detective Sam Spade. ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for At-A-Glance Film Reviews At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Here it is, the film that essentially singlehandedly spawned the entire film noir genre. It one of first of a few genuine masterpieces made by Humphrey Bogart and director John Huston. (The others being The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The African ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Friday and Saturday Night (--) Friday and Saturday Night (--)
He’s lived through a Depression. He’s good at his job and knows it. He has no patience for bunglers or needless chit-chat. One of his lines in Dashiell Hammett’s novel is “making speeches is no damned good.” He’d never brag about how ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Friday and Saturday Night (--)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (--) TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
A seminal moment in the development of what would come to be known as film noir. ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (M. P. Bartley) eFilmCritic.com (M. P. Bartley)
Certainly not Miles Archer, a private detective who is putty in the hands of a woman (Mary Astor) who claims to be seeking her missing sister. The next morning, though, Archer's dead, and even as his business partner Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at eFilmCritic.com (M. P. Bartley)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Reviews UK Movie Reviews UK
An outstanding detective yarn, The Maltese Falcon benefits from a superb cast and an admirably tight script; it only improves with every successive viewing. In San Francisco Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) works as a private dick, available to anyone for a ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Movie Reviews UK
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller) filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Plot Details: This epinion reveals minor details about the movie's plot Perhaps "The Maltese Falcon" is not the greatest detective story ever filmed. But it is hard to find a better one, and much harder to find a more enjoyable movie to watch. One ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Orbital Reviews Orbital Reviews
Set in San Francisco, The Maltese Falcon is the story of Detective Samuel Spade (Humphrey Bogart), who begins investigating a mysterious case that he does not fully understand until the end of the movie, but he begins to piece together the clues ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Orbital Reviews
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Movie Mom (Nell Minow) The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is a private detective. A woman who says her name is Ruth Wonderly (Mary Astor) comes to see him, asking for help in finding her sister. Sam sends his partner, Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan) to follow her when she meets Floyd ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
A rare bird, the prized one and only. This third film version of the Dashiell Hammett novel was propelled into the ranks of popular classic by a stunning directorial debut from screenwriter John Huston. This was also Bogart's big chance as a ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Edinburgh U Film Society (Stephen Cox) Edinburgh U Film Society (Stephen Cox)
Like Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon is a film by a first-time director which doesn't look at all like a film by a first time director. Rave reviews greeted its release and until Chinatown in 1974 it was widely considered to be one of the best detective ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Stephen Cox)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks) Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
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Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for DVDwolf (Rob Paul) DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
You haven't seen this movie. Then it's time to get a life and watch the best private eye film movie ever made. Bogart plays Sam Spade, tracking down the black bird. "We didn't believe your story, Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, we believed your 200 dollars. I ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dk CinemaZone.dk
The Godfather of Film-Noir John Huston startede sin karriere som manuskriptforfatter i 30’ernes Hollywood, men da han blev ambitiøs og ville til at instruere, så stillede Warner Bros. sig på bagbenene. Huston fik dog i sidste ende lov at lave ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Ted Prigge Ted Prigge
"The Maltese Falcon"'s labyrinthine plot revolves around the least amoral and most intelligent character in the story: detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), half of the detective office of "Spade and Archer." One day, a woman named Miss Wonderly (Mary ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Ted Prigge
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa) Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Bogart became Bogart in John Huston's great first film, a trend-setting, brilliantly cast adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's hardboiled novel ... This was the stuff that dreams -- and Hollywood -- was made of. ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Moviemom's review Moviemom's review
Plot: Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) is a private detective. A woman who says her name is Ruth Wonderly (Mary Astor) comes to see him, asking for help in finding her sister. Sam sends his partner, Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan) to follow her when she meets ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Moviemom's review
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz) Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"It's rare when you get everything to work so well as it does in this ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 3.68 out of 4 stars for filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller) filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
There have been better films, better mysteries, and even better detective movies. Chinatown, for one. But perhaps no other film defines the genre as well as The Maltese Falcon. All of the stereotypes are there. The fast-talking tough guy detective, ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Crazy for Cinema Crazy for Cinema
CAPSULE REVIEW –– One of the first and best film noirs to ever come out of Hollywood. Bogart finally gets the star treatment as street smart detective Sam Spade, a man caught in a sticky web of lies, betrayal and murder. He's drawn into the desperate ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Crazy for Cinema
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Dragan Antulov Dragan Antulov
Flood of remakes is definitely one of the most annoying trends of contemporary Hollywood. It seems that every outstanding film made twenty-five or thirty years ago is about to get modern makeover. Judging by the way Hollywood handled those remakes in ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Dragan Antulov
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson) Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
John Huston had a pretty good year in 1941. He wrote the screenplays for Raoul Walsh's High Sierra and Howard Hawks' Sergeant York (for which he was nominated for an Oscar), and directed his first film, which has become known as one of the greatest ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Mirror Movie Mirror
Based closely on Dashiell Hammett's novel, a detective's partner is killed, and he finds his killer and a conspiracy that murdered two others too. In San Francisco Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor) hires detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) to find her ...read the complete Maltese Falcon movie review at Movie Mirror
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