The Maltese Falcon (1941) Cast & Crew

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Directed by John Huston.

Cast

• Humphrey Bogart as Samuel Spade
• Mary Astor as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
• Gladys George as Iva Archer
• Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo
• Barton MacLane as Lt. of Detectives 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
• Murray Alper as Frank Richman
• John Hamilton as District Attorney Bryan
• Charles Drake as Reporter (uncredited)
• Chester Gan as Bit Part (uncredited)
• Creighton Hale as Stenographer (uncredited)
• Robert Homans as Policeman (uncredited)
• William Hopper as Reporter (uncredited)
• Walter Huston as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
• Hank Mann as Reporter (uncredited)
• Jack Mower as Announcer (uncredited)
• Emory Parnell as Ship's Mate (uncredited)

Crew

• John Huston — Director
• John Huston — Screenplay
• Adolph Deutsch — Original Music Composer
• Arthur Edeson — Director of Photography
• Dashiell Hammett — Novel

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