page_title: The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) / Cast
caption_attribution_description: English: Promotional still from the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon, published on page 12 of National Board of Review Magazine. L-R: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Barton MacLane, Peter Lorre, Ward Bond
context_page_description: The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir directed and scripted by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with the last appearing in his film debut. The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette.
  The film premiered in New York City on October 3, 1941, and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Considered one of the greatest films of all time, it was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It is a part of Roger Ebert's series The Great Movies and was cited by Panorama du Film Noir Américain as the first major film noir.
context_section_description: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade
  Mary Astor as Ruth Wonderly/Brigid O'Shaughnessy
  Gladys George as Iva Archer
  Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo
  Barton MacLane as Lieutenant Dundy
  Lee Patrick as Effie Perine
  Sydney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman
  Ward Bond as Detective Tom Polhaus
  Jerome Cowan as Miles Archer
  Elisha Cook Jr. as Wilmer Cook
  James Burke as Luke, hotel detective
  Murray Alper as Frank Richman, taxi driver
  John Hamilton as District Attorney Bryan
  Walter Huston as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
caption: A promotional still showing O'Shaughnessy and Cairo clashing in front of the police
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