Hailed as a noir classic, this 1941 film is delightfully simplistic in its complexity. Humphrey Bogart brings his trademark rolling eyes and come-what-may cynical character.
Bogart is Sam Spade, a private eye. A beautiful woman comes into his office one day to commission him. She claims she's looking for a runaway sister who may be with a boyfriend (who is, by the way, married with children). She pays him up front and assigns him with the task of confronting this dangerous boyfriend. Spade's partner goes and gets shot. The problem is, the guy who supposedly shot him also turns up dead.
We've got a mystery on our hands. A foreign "gentleman" comes to visit Spade and politely sticks him up - even after Spade knocked him out once. The lady was a liar, Spade figures that much out. He's got some investigating to do. When he makes contact with the aptly referred to "fat man," he gets the whole story...and drugged. Trust is apparently a rare privilege.
When Spade finally gets the whole crew in one room together he gets the story straight. Then they can get down to business - the friggin bird.
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