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The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as private detective Sam Spade and Bebe Daniels as femme fatale Ruth Wonderly.
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- Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Obviously, the first thing to come to mind when you hear "female movie killers" should be a samurai sword and a yellow outfit.
- Carrie White in Carrie (1976) The 70s and 80s were a golden age for the horror genre, but most of its villains were men. In Carrie, Carrie White (played by Sissy Spacek) might not have started off as the baddie, but she ended as one.
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In San Francisco, wealthy Ruth Wonderly (Bebe Daniels) hires amorous gumshoe Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez) and his partner, Miles Archer, to trail her sister's kidnapper, Floyd Thursby. Wonderly's...
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Jul 17, 2014 · Kitty March (Joan Bennett), “Scarlet Street” Kitty March is a femme fatale extrême. She’s loud, manipulative, and unlike her fellow leading ladies, she doesn’t try to hide it. Director Fritz Lang...
