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Originally Posted by neverending
To me. Maltese Falcon & Chinatown are more correctly categorized as detective films, and are not really spy movies.
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Which brings me to another point...are spy movies technically better than detective movies? Most detective movies are whodunnits with a dash of plots and sub-plots thrown in...while some are related to intelligence-gathering during wars (like the Alistair MacLean ones). But largely SOME detective movies have spy sequences thrown in for extra suspense.
Also, a spy movie involves espionage of the highest class. Even fantasy spy series such as James Bond has become ultra-popular because of its portrayal of spy sequences (remember Sean Connery moving about to prepare himself for a showdown in
Dr No, or when he comes in to check his room for intruders in
Thunderball)..
I mean, where do we draw the line between those two? Some detective movies are glaringly close to being a spy thriller, and vice versa.