The Maltese Falcon (1941)

The Regal Cinema’s Classic Film Series presents The Maltese Falcon. Tickets are just £5.

In this popular noir, detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman (Mary Astor).

As soon as Miss Wonderly shows up, trouble follows as Sam’s partner is murdered and Sam is accosted by a man (Peter Lorre) demanding he locate a valuable statuette. Sam, entangled in a dangerous web of crime and intrigue, soon realizes he must find the one thing they all seem to want: the bejeweled Maltese falcon.

“Thoroughly engaging and thought provoking detective movie”

Empire ★★★★★

“A dark, steely performance from Humphrey Bogart is at the cynical heart of John Huston’s adaptation”

The Guardian ★★★★★