Sam Spade is samen met zijn partner Miles Archer eigenaar van een detectivebureau. Op een dag wordt Archer doodgeschoten terwijl hij iemand aan het schaduwen is. Vanaf dat moment wordt Spade in de gaten gehouden door de politie.
Nee, helaas is Maltezer Valk nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Arthur Edeson | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Production | Hal B. Wallis | Executive Producer |
| Art | Robert M. Haas | Art Direction |
| Directing | John Huston | Director |
| Editing | Thomas Richards | Editor |
| Writing | John Huston | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Perc Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Leo F. Forbstein | Music Director |
| Camera | Mike Joyce | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank McCoy | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Udko | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Arthur Lange | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Jack Sullivan | Assistant Director |
| Art | John Gilbert Kissel | Props |
| Production | Al Alleborn | Unit Manager |
| Art | Keefe Maley | Assistant Property Master |
| Camera | E.F. Dexter | Grip |
| Writing | Dashiell Hammett | Novel |
| Directing | John Prettyman | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Claude Archer | Assistant Director |
| Production | Henry Blanke | Associate Producer |
| Lighting | William Conger | Gaffer |
| Crew | William McConnell | Scenic Artist |
| Sound | Oliver S. Garretson | Sound |
| Camera | William Steudeman | Best Boy Grip |
| Sound | Louis Kaufman | Musician |
| Crew | Robert Foulk | Dialogue Coach |
| Camera | Wally Meinardus | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cora Lobb | Wardrobe Master |
| Camera | Mack Elliott | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Meta Carpenter | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Burrell Kring | Wardrobe Master |
