Detective Sam Spade finds himself in the middle of a strange scandal involving the murder of his partner and the man he was tailing after he meets a strange untrustworthy woman. Spade attempts to get to the bottom of this scandal which involves Brigid O'Shaughnessy, Joel Cairo, and Kasper Gutman, all of whom seem to be after a very valuable Maltese falcon. While dealing with this group of shady characters, Spade is also being questioned about the murder of his partner Miles. The Maltese Falcon keeps adding more and more twists to the story as it goes on and none of the characters can be trusted.The movie is very conversation heavy and you don't really see a lot of the action that takes place, but you won't miss it because each of the characters are so fascinating that you want to listen to everything they say. It doesn't take long for the movie to grab your attention because the mystery starts off almost immediately before the characters are really even established. More aspects of each character seem to unfold as the story progresses which only keeps you more interested. With all of the crime dramas out there it is often hard to find a detective movie that is able to keep me interested by giving just the right amount of information along the way, but The Maltese Falcon does just that. There were some corny moments, but they were probably just due to the fact that the movie was made so long ago and for me they only made it more enjoyable. The movie is fascinating and engaging and I was entertained by it.
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