The Maltese Falcon

One of the finest detective films ever, John Huston's directorial debut stars Humphrey Bogart as San Francisco private eye Sam Spade. Spade takes on mysterious femme fatale Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor) as a client and soon finds himself suspected of murdering his partner and up to his trench coat in the search for the titular jewel-encrusted statue. With Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet (in his film debut), Elisha Cook, Jr. 100 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; newsreel footage; bonus shorts "The Gay Parisian" (1941), "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941), "Meet John Doughboy" (1941); theatrical trailers.