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title: "The Maltese Falcon: cast and crew"
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cast: 22
crew: 34
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# The Maltese Falcon (1941): cast and crew

22 cast and 34 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Humphrey Bogart](https://film.one/person/humphrey-bogart.md) as Samuel Spade
- [Mary Astor](https://film.one/person/mary-astor.md) as Brigid O'Shaughnessy
- [Gladys George](https://film.one/person/gladys-george.md) as Iva Archer
- [Peter Lorre](https://film.one/person/peter-lorre.md) as Joel Cairo
- [Barton MacLane](https://film.one/person/barton-maclane.md) as Lt. of Detectives Dundy
- [Lee Patrick](https://film.one/person/lee-patrick.md) as Effie Perine
- [Sydney Greenstreet](https://film.one/person/sydney-greenstreet.md) as Kasper Gutman
- [Ward Bond](https://film.one/person/ward-bond.md) as Detective Tom Polhaus
- [Jerome Cowan](https://film.one/person/jerome-cowan.md) as Miles Archer
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://film.one/person/elisha-cook-jr.md) as Wilmer Cook
- [James Burke](https://film.one/person/james-burke.md) as Luke
- [Murray Alper](https://film.one/person/murray-alper.md) as Frank Richman
- John Hamilton as District Attorney Bryan
- Charles Drake as Reporter (uncredited)
- Chester Gan as Bit Part (uncredited)
- Creighton Hale as Stenographer (uncredited)
- Robert Homans as Policeman (uncredited)
- [William Hopper](https://film.one/person/william-hopper.md) as Reporter (uncredited)
- [Walter Huston](https://film.one/person/walter-huston.md) as Captain Jacoby (uncredited)
- [Hank Mann](https://film.one/person/hank-mann.md) as Reporter (uncredited)
- Jack Mower as Announcer (uncredited)
- Emory Parnell as Ship's Mate (uncredited)

## Directing

- [John Huston](https://film.one/person/john-huston.md): Director
- Jack Sullivan: Assistant Director
- Claude Archer: Assistant Director
- John Prettyman: Second Assistant Director
- Meta Carpenter: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [John Huston](https://film.one/person/john-huston.md): Screenplay
- Dashiell Hammett: Novel

## Production

- [Hal B. Wallis](https://film.one/person/hal-b-wallis.md): Executive Producer
- Al Alleborn: Unit Manager
- [Henry Blanke](https://film.one/person/henry-blanke.md): Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Arthur Edeson](https://film.one/person/arthur-edeson.md): Director of Photography
- Mike Joyce: Camera Operator
- Mack Elliott: Still Photographer
- E.F. Dexter: Grip
- William Steudeman: Best Boy Grip
- Wally Meinardus: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Thomas Richards](https://film.one/person/thomas-richards.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Adolph Deutsch](https://film.one/person/adolph-deutsch.md): Original Music Composer
- Leo F. Forbstein: Music Director
- Arthur Lange: Orchestrator
- Oliver S. Garretson: Sound
- Louis Kaufman: Musician

## Art

- Robert M. Haas: Art Direction
- John Gilbert Kissel: Props
- Keefe Maley: Assistant Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- [Orry-Kelly](https://film.one/person/orry-kelly.md): Costume Design
- Perc Westmore: Makeup Artist
- Frank McCoy: Makeup Artist
- Jean Udko: Hairstylist
- Cora Lobb: Wardrobe Master
- Burrell Kring: Wardrobe Master

## Lighting

- William Conger: Gaffer

## Crew

- [Robert Foulk](https://film.one/person/robert-foulk.md): Dialogue Coach
- William McConnell: Scenic Artist

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