The Black Bird (1975)

Cast

Credited cast:
	George Segal	...	Sam Spade Jr.
	Stéphane Audran	...	Anna Kemidov
	Lionel Stander	...	Gordon Immerman
	Lee Patrick	...	Effie
	Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Wilmer Cook
	Felix Silla	...	Litvak
	Signe Hasso	...	Dr. Crippen
	John Abbott	...	DuQuai
	Connie Kreski	...	Decoy Girl
	Titus Napoleon	...	Hawaiian Thug
	Harry Kenoi	...	Hawaiian Thug
	Howard Jeffrey	...	Kerkorian
	Ken Swofford	...	Brad McCormack
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	John Alderman	...	Patron in Ballroom
	Eumenio Blanco	...	Hernadez

Storyline

After the death of private detective Sam Spade, his son, Sam Spade Jr. (who only knew his father very briefly) is forced to inherit his San Francisco detective agency, much to his chagrin. He also must keep his father's sarcastic secretary, Effie Perrine ("Godzilla"), and must continue his father's tradition of "serving minorities". One day, an obese man named Caspar Gutman is killed just outside Spade's building, his last words being "It's black and as long as your arm". Later on, Spade is given an offer by a member of the Order of St. John's Hospital to purchase his father's useless copy of the Maltese Falcon. A right-wing thug named Gordon Immerman (Spade calls him "Andrew Jackson" after he gave Spade his "calling card", a bill), has been hired to make sure Spade delivers the bird, but he quickly warms to the detective... Written by Joel Cairo  

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