The Maltese Falcon
John Huston's directorial debut, one of the finest detective films ever, stars Humphrey Bogart as San Francisco private eye Sam Spade.
Spade takes on mysterious femme fatale Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor) as a client and soon finds himself suspected of murdering his partner and up to his trench coat in the search for the titular jewel-encrusted statue. With Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet (in his film debut), and Elisha Cook, Jr.