One of the least subtle MacGuffins, THE MALTESE FALCON ('41) provides motive for intrigue and serves as the film's title. In some ways, the Maltese Falcon is quite literally "the stuff that dreams are made of," as the audience pursues the idea of the object with the characters. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

We asked host Eddie Muller to go three rounds with Star of the Month Humphrey Bogart Catch Bogie's films on Turner Classic Movies: TCM every Thursday night and Friday morning in September | Noir Alley

Watch this noir masterpiece OUT OF THE PAST (1947) on @TCM on Sept 9 at 1:15PM PDT. OUT OF THE PAST (1947) The quiet life of small-town gas station owner Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) is interrupted when a figure from his shady past, small-time crook Joe Stephanos (Paul Valentine), recognizes him. Stephanos’ boss, crooked gambler Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), had hired Jeff to track down Kathie Moffat (Jane Greer), a girlfriend who shot Whit and made off with $40,000 of his. Jeff and Kathie fell