The 1941 film The Maltese Falcon is considered to be the "first" film of the film noir genre. This film was written and directed by John Huston and it narrates a private detective, Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart) in San Fransisco. In this film, a disturbed woman hires Sam's partner to follow a man.
Interestingly, Sam's partner is murdered right after he is hired to follow this man. It turns out that the woman who hired Sam's partner, Brigid O'Shaughnessy (played by Mary Astor), was a criminal whose partner actually killed Sam's partner. She was also involved with other criminals such as Joel Cairo (played by Peter Lorre) and Kasper Gutman (played by Sydney Greenstreet).
Gutman has been lusting after a statue of a golden falcon for nearly two decades and was told that O'Shaughnessy had obtained it and she said she would be willing to sell it to him. However, Gutman doesn't get the falcon. So, Gutman and his gang try to handle things their own way, except detective Spade may too much for Gutman and his gang.
I thought that this was an excellent film and I enjoyed it a lot. It was so suspenseful and there were so many twists and turns that it kept the viewer guessing about what would happen next. I would recommend this film to anyone who is looking for a good thriller/suspense movie.
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