Monsieur Spade is a neo-noir television miniseries created by Scott Frank and Tom Fontana, and starring Clive Owen as Dashiell Hammett's fictional private detective Sam Spade.
Premise The series was originally released in the United States by AMC Networks, which provided the following synopsis:
Cast
Main Clive Owen as Sam Spade Cara Bossom as Teresa Denis Ménochet as Chief of Police Patrice Michaud Louise Bourgoin as Marguerite Devereaux Chiara Mastroianni as Gabrielle Stanley Weber as Jean-Pierre Devereaux Matthew Beard as George Fitzsimmons Jonathan Zaccaï as Philippe Saint-André Rebecca Root as Cynthia Fitzsimmons Oscar Lesage as Henri Thibaut
The following actors are credited with the main cast for the episodes in which they appear:
Dean Winters as Father Matthew Alfre Woodard as Virginia Dell
Recurring Caroline Silhol as Audrey Saint-André Clotilde Mollet as Helena Thibaut Vincent Nemeth as Doctor Pouchol
Episodes
Production Monsieur Spade is a co-production between AMC and Canal+. The co-creators are Scott Frank and Tom Fontana, who also wrote the scripts and served as executive producers. Additionally, Frank directed all episodes. The series was filmed in France.
Release The series, which consists of six episodes, premiered on AMC, AMC+, Sundance TV and Acorn TV on January 14, 2024. A first look image and teaser trailer were released in September 2023.
Reception The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 77% approval rating, with an average rating of 7.8/10, based on 26 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Commanding the camera's full attention amidst the French countryside, Clive Owen makes for a mesmerizingly craggy Sam Spade even as the series around him struggles to live up to its hallowed lineage." On Metacritic, the series holds a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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