The Maltese Falcon (2/10) Movie CLIP - Joel Cairo (1941) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre) informs Sam (Humphrey Bogart) of the Maltese Falcon, and offers to pay him $5,000 for it's recovery.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
After two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, John Huston, a long-established screenwriter making his directorial debut, got it right, simply by adhering as closely as possible to the original. Taking over from a recalcitrant George Raft, Humphrey Bogart achieved true stardom as Sam Spade, a hard-boiled San Francisco private eye who can be as unscrupulous as the next guy but also adheres to his own personal code of honor. Into the offices of the Spade & Archer detective agency sweeps a Miss Wonderly (Mary Astor), who offers a large retainer to Sam and his partner Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan) if they'll protect her from someone named Floyd Thursby. The detectives believe neither Miss Wonderly nor her story, but they believe her money. Since Archer saw her first, he takes the case -- and later that evening he is shot to death, as is the mysterious Thursby. Miss Wonderly's real name turns out to be Brigid O'Shaughnessey, and, as the story continues, Sam is also introduced to the effeminate Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre) and the fat, erudite Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet, in his film debut). It turns out that Brigid, Cairo and Gutman are all international scoundrels, all involved in the search for a foot-high, jewel-encrusted statuette in the shape of a falcon. Though both Cairo and Gutman offer Spade small fortunes to find the "black bird," they are obviously willing to commit mayhem and murder towards that goal: Gutman, for example, drugs Spade and allows his "gunsel" Wilmer (Elisha Cook Jr.) to kick and beat the unconscious detective. This classic film noir detective yarn gets better with each viewing, which is more than can be said for the first two Maltese Falcons and the ill-advised 1975 "sequel" The Black Bird.

CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (1941)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre
Director: John Huston
Producers: Henry Blanke, Hal B. Wallis
Screenwriters: John Huston, Dashiell Hammett

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[plk]

Look at Peter Lorre's facial expressions, not just in this scene but throughout the film. Such incredibly miniscule but perfect nuances make his performance mesmerizing. No wonder he was such a scene stealer.

[superamishguy]

i was hoping they'd have that last bit where cario pulls the gun on him again and bogart starts laughing at him. love that

[chardtomp]

Nobody did squirly, creepy guys better than Peter Lorre.

[Setebos]

Dashiell Hammett described Sam Spade as having an expression like a "jovial Satan". At 2:03 we get a taste of that description.

[delin]

The first time that I saw the awesome talent of Peter Lorre was in "Arsenic and Old Lace" as Dr. Einstein. I've been a fan ever since.

[JohnMichaelson]

I know everyone thinks Casablanca is all that, but for my money this was the best Bogart movie of them all. Peter Lorre's character plays off him perfectly!

[randyacuna]

Lorre fans need to see one of his overlooked films, 1941s the Face Behind the Mask.

[Boudica]

The way Peter Lorre fondled that walking stick was something else. It's almost like they're trying to tell us something.

[lisastallingskeelor]

Peter Lorre was proof you don’t have to be an A list celebrity or tall to own a scene.

[NotMe-fxlt]

My favorite part of this scene is the foreshadowing by Lorre. In the beginning he takes off one glove, the one he will need to pull out his gun.

[squireob]

Just for context, $5, 000 in 1941 money is about $85, 000 today.

[thatdude]

and let me tell ya somethin', the whole "hardboiled" genre, started by this book and especially this movie, it's all about you thinkin' "o boy, this guy is so cool. really tough". the essence of all modern action movie, and it was started back there. the roots

[PhiloYT]

I've seen this film a dozen times, but this is the first time I noticed that Cairo is wearing the same bowtie and jacket in his passport photo!

[coralroper]

Everyone wants Humphrey Bogart to give them the bird in this movie

[Wintermute]

"Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!"

[mannacler]

Lorre and Bogart probably laughed themselves silly after doing this scene.

[ciaran]

The music in the film was brilliant. I've seen it literally 30/40 times. When Cairo comes on screen & you hear the "Egyptian" music, imagine how exotic it must of seemed. How mysterious. It was still a place of magic & sultans back then. People couldn't of dreamed of ever seeing Egypt.

[sparkkle]

What's funny is that he wasn't even directed to do that. They just gave him an umbrella/cane thing and he fucked around with it.
Guy always had to do something, even when he was just in the background. Professional scene stealer indeed.

[jaygarit]

Peter Lorre' use to scare me as a kid when we would watch these old movies that came on the weekends. My mother wouldn't let us watch but Dad did. She just trusted us I guess; undeservingly. Peter Lorre scared me as a kid. I forget the name of the movies, but I remember his unique creepy looks

[Dakdedrocks]

Creepyness is what makes Peter Lorre the Ya gotta love him!!!