Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
- based on novel or book
- san francisco
- california
- loss of loved one
- detective
- film noir
- murder
- statuette
- whodunit
- black and white
- private detective
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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)
- Directed
- John Huston
- Written
- John Huston
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 1,904 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
