Top billed cast

1. 

   Humphrey Bogart

   Samuel Spade

2. 

   Mary Astor

   Brigid O'Shaughnessy

3. 

   Gladys George

   Iva Archer

4. 

   Peter Lorre

   Joel Cairo

5. 

   Barton MacLane

   Lt. of Detectives Dundy

6. 

   Lee Patrick

   Effie Perine

7. 

   Sydney Greenstreet

   Kasper Gutman

8. 

   Ward Bond

   Det. Tom Polhaus

9. 

   Jerome Cowan

   Miles Archer

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Reviews

A review by Peter McGinn

Written by Peter McGinn on 2021-05-29

This is a pretty good movie that ages fairly well, but I do not feel compelled to pour superlatives down over as most reviews do, both critics and regular viewers. The actors look like they are having fun with it and this classic movie is worth watching just because of that. The dialogue, which I like to think is a specialty in my own otherwise unremarkable novels, is excellent.

I had trouble with how blasé Sam Spade seems to be with the bad news he received near the beginning, and how he reacted to it. (He redeemed himself a bit at the end in a passionate little speech about partners). An...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$375,000.00

Revenue
$1,772,000.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• san francisco, california
• loss of loved one
• detective
• film noir
• murder
• statuette
• whodunit
• black and white
• private detective
• black bird
• private eye
• dreary