Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the duplicitous Brigid, the perfumed Mr. Cairo, and the scheming Fat Man. Huston's brilliant directorial debut is aided by first-rate performances, .. Read more
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre |
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| Director | John Huston |
| Genres | Drama |
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Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the duplicitous Brigid, the perfumed Mr. Cairo, and the scheming Fat Man. Huston's brilliant directorial debut is aided by first-rate performances, excellent camera work, as well as the director's acute attention to detail while shooting the film. Based on the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Sydney Greenstreet), and Best Screenplay. Previous versions of the story were filmed in 1931 (a.k.a. DANGEROUS FEMALE) and in 1936 (as SATAN MET A LADY, starring Bette Davis), and poorly redone in 1975 (THE BLACK BIRD).
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Gladys George, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Ward Bond, Elisha Cook Jr Jr., Elisha Cook, Charles Drake, William Hopper, John Hamilton, Jerome Cowan, Creighton Hale, James Burke, James Burke / |
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| Director | John Huston |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 must-see movies, 100 Top Thrillers, American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish |
| Released | Production year: 1941 To Rent: DVD: 01 Jul 2000 |
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A tedious so-called classic
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Flying High
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