The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Oh Mr. Humphrey Bogart...he is such a womanizer but oh so handsome with his manly goodness. Anywho, I decided to finally watch this movie after watching the TED Talk with Adam Savage where he talks about building a replica of the Maltese Falcon.

Samuel Spade (Bogart), is a private investigator who is hired to help interesting criminals find the "Maltese Falcon". The Maltese Falcon is a statue of a falcon encrusted in jewels that was supposedly worth millions of dollars. Mr. Spade is in the middle of all the twists and turns trying to figure out who is lying and who is telling the truth, while greed and money are still the basis for most of his decisions. This movie, says Wikipedia, was based off a book written by Samuel Dashiell Hammett and a remake from the 1931 film. This movie is also acclaimed to have been the first "major film in the genre film noir of the classic era".

Bogart is his usual pimp self, gotta love that tough sophisticated personality

Opening credits:

"In 1539 the Knight Templars of Malta, paid tribute to Charles V of Spain, by sending him a Golden Falcon encrusted from beak to claw with rarest jewels——but pirates seized the galley carrying this priceless token and the fate of the Maltese Falcon remains a mystery to this day"                                                                                                

Check out Humphrey Bogart's Official Website for more info.