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The Maltese Falcon
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #436
- IMDb #432
- Google retired #1945
- Rotten Tomatoes #87
- Metacritic #46
- Letterboxd #782
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #64
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #430
- Metacritic Critics #42
- Metacritic Audience #267
- Criticker #858
- Douban #1274
- Kinopoisk #954
- AlloCiné #942
- Trakt #1071
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99. Critics average 98, everyone else 78.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A San Francisco private detective takes on a new client who is soon murdered. He finds himself entangled with a trio of cunning criminals who are all desperately searching for a priceless jewel-encrusted statuette, the Maltese Falcon. He must play each of them against the others, navigating their lies and manipulations to solve his client's murder and uncover the truth about the treasure.
Details
- Director
- John Huston
- Writer
- John Huston
- Based on
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Released
- 18 October 1941
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $375.0K
- Box office
- $1.8M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 14th Academy Awards 1942 | Best Supporting Actor | Sydney Greenstreet | Nominee |
| 14th Academy Awards 1942 | Best Picture | Nominee | |
| 14th Academy Awards 1942 | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | John Huston | Nominee |
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| Best Supporting Actor | Sydney Greenstreet | Nominee |
| Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | John Huston | Nominee |