To me, this movie is perfection.

i must have seen a different film!!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The Maltese Falcon is a dull unbearable load of drivel. I didn't buy any of it, Bogart pushing around the flyweight division. I cringed the whole way through. None of the characters are suited to any of these roles. Mary Astor is no femme fatale and Peter Lorre being serious? Come on. Wilmer, now what the hell is this character? One of the worst henchman ever, just to make Bogart look superior. Though, Kasper Gutman wasn't much better. I don't even.. I'm done.

Nothing has aged in this terrific crime thriller! Humphrey Bogart plays a detective named Sam Spade whose partner Miles Archer was recently murdered and also finds out there's a jewel encrusted black bird that gangsters are in on. Soon, he is accused for the murder of his partner by the widow and is further in danger when the cops think he killed Thursby--a man whose widow met with Spade and Archer claiming he's missing with her sister. Soon, the murders are linked and the client is not only a suspect, but involved with Joel Cairo and Kasper Gutman in finding a statue of the bird which recently has been recovered after a ship arrived in San Francisco on fire. The movie has many memorable characters such as Casper Gutmann played by Sidney Greenstreet in his film debut and Joel Cairo played by Peter Lorre. The tone and pacing are gripping throughout and the lighting is a fascinating shade of detail (especially the night time scenes). Including a thundering music score, this one gets to the point and doesn't slow down.

Greetings from Lithuania."The Maltese Falcon" (1941) was a bit disappointment for me to be honest. Given the classic status this movie has, i expected more. I did like writing and acting, but that pretty much were best things about it. The story itself did not really involved me. Maybe it would have i would have seen this movie upon its release.Overall, "The Maltese Falcon" is a good movie to see it once, but its not as great as i thought it would be. Some great writing saved it, but that is all.

In San Francisco in 1941, private investigators Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) and Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan) meet prospective client Ruth Wonderly (Mary Astor). She claims to be looking for her missing sister, who is involved with a man named Floyd Thursby, whom she is to meet. After receiving a substantial retainer, Archer agrees to follow her that night and help get her sister back.That night, Spade is awakened by a phone call from the police and is informed that Archer has been killed. He meets his friend, Police Detective Tom Polhaus (Ward Bond), at the murder scene and they determine how Miles has been murdered. He tells Polhaus he doesn't need or want to see anything else, and abruptly leaves. He tries calling Wonderly at her hotel, but she has checked out. Back at his apartment, he is grilled by Polhaus and Lieutenant Dundy (Barton MacLane), who inform him that Thursby was also murdered the same evening. Dundy suggests that Spade had the opportunity and motive to kill Thursby, who likely killed Archer, immediately after he learned of Archer's death. Archer's widow Iva (Gladys George) believes that Spade shot his partner so he could have her.