"HE MADE LOVE TO HER TO MAKE HER CONFESS MURDER! Then She Made A Confession That Made Even The Devil's Ears Burn!"

1936

1h 14m

5.8(30 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Crime

Overview

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

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Cast & Crew

38 members

Acting

Bette Davis

Valerie Purvis

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Warren William

Ted Shane

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Alison Skipworth

Madame Barabbas

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Arthur Treacher

Anthony Travers

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Marie Wilson

Miss Murgatroyd

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Wini Shaw

Astrid Ames

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Porter Hall

Milton Ames

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Olin Howland

Detective Dunhill

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Charles C. Wilson

Detective Pollock

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May Beatty

Mrs. Arden (uncredited)

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Sol Gorss

Jackie Farrow (uncredited)

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Barbara Blane

Babe (uncredited)

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Maynard Holmes

Kenneth, Barabbas's Young Gunman (uncredited)

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Frank Darien

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Kid Herman

Bootblack (uncredited)

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J.H. Allen

Bootblack (uncredited)

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Don Downen

Reporter (uncredited)

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Billy Bletcher

Father of Sextuplets (uncredited)

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Alice La Mont

Mother of Sextuplets (uncredited)

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William B. Davidson

City Fathers Committee Spokesman (uncredited)

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Raymond Brown

City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)

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John Elliott

City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)

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Edward McWade

City Fathers Committee Member (uncredited)

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Cliff Saum

Patrol Officer (uncredited)

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Joe King

Detective (uncredited)

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Francis Sayles

Detective (uncredited)

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James P. Burtis

Detective (uncredited)

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Eddie Shubert

Detective (uncredited)

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John Alexander

Porter (uncredited)

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Ray Turner

Porter (uncredited)

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Huey White

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Alphonse Martell

Headwaiter (uncredited)

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Leo White

Room Service Waiter (uncredited)

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Douglas Williams

Dock Walloper (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Pushy Photographer (uncredited)

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John J. Richardson

Second Photographer (uncredited)

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Bert Moorhouse

Extra on Dance Floor (uncredited)

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Edmund Mortimer

Extra on Dance Floor (uncredited)

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