The 1940s and 1950s were considered the height ... the film noir genre has evolved and expanded into new territory, but classic detective noir films, like John Huston's The Maltese Falcon and ...

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San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case ... The Best Years of Our Lives is one film from the 1940s that every movie fan should see at least once in their lifetime.