The Maltese Falcon
He's a Killer When He Hates!
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
- Director
- John Huston
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $2M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Maltese Falcon actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Maltese Falcon appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Detective Movies Ranked #24
Placed at #24 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Mystery Movies Ranked #50
Placed at #50 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Maltese Falcon returned 4.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $375,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Oct 18, 1941
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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