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When one thinks of old timey private detectives, one doesn't have to stray too far from imagining the likeness of Humphrey Bogart. He is the face most remembered to represent Dashiell Hammett's hard boiled hero Sam Spade. It's worth noting that the film's version of Spade is considerably different in looks and demeanor than in the novel, and yet Bogart grabs the role so effortlessly and radiates such an overwhelming cool that he not only controls the image of Sam Spade, he also becomes the prototype of every hard boiled private dick, as well as any film noir protagonist, ever since.

As far as the John Huston-Humphrey Bogart combos go (there were six of them), The Maltese Falcon is unbeatable, but that's taking my unapologetic love for unadulterated film noir into account. The titular "Maltese Falcon" is a priceless statue made of gold and encrusted with jewels,...