• 1941

  Release Date

• November 18th, 1941

• Runtime

• 100 minutes

• Synopsis

• Spade and Archer is the name of a San Francisco detective agency. That's for Sam Spade and Miles Archer. The two men are partners, but Sam doesn't like Miles much. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wanderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. Miles is dead. And so is a man named Floyd Thursby. It seems Miss Wanderly is surrounded by dangerous men. There's Joel Cairo, who uses gardenia-scented calling cards. There's Kasper Gutman, with his enormous girth and feigned civility. Her only hope of protection comes from Sam, who is suspected by the police of one or the other murder. More murders are yet to come.

• CAST

• Humphrey Bogart - Samuel Spade,   Mary Astor - Brigid O'Shaughnessy,   Gladys George - Iva Archer,   Peter Lorre - Joel Cairo,   Barton MacLane - Lt. of Detectives Dundy,   Lee Patrick - Effie Perine,   Sydney Greenstreet - Kasper Gutman,   Ward Bond - Det. Tom Polhaus,   Jerome Cowan - Miles Archer,   Elisha Cook Jr. - Wilmer Cook,   James Burke - Luke,   Murray Alper - Frank Richman,   John Hamilton - District Attorney Bryan,   Charles Drake - Reporter (uncredited),   Chester Gan - Bit Part (uncredited),   Creighton Hale - Stenographer (uncredited),   Robert Homans - Policeman (uncredited),   William Hopper - Reporter (uncredited),   Walter Huston - Captain Jacoby (uncredited),   Hank Mann - Reporter (uncredited),   Jack Mower - Announcer (uncredited),   Emory Parnell - Ship's Mate (uncredited)     

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