The Big Sleep (1946)
Howard Hawks’ 1946 Chandler adaptation. Bogart and Bacall. Plot incomprehensible even to the screenwriters. Doesn’t matter.
Humphrey Bogart
This archive gathers the films featuring Humphrey Bogart reviewed at Master of Worlds: “Casablanca (1942)”, “The African Queen (1951)”, “The Big Sleep (1946)”, “The Caine Mutiny (1954)”, “The Maltese Falcon (1941)”, and “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)” — 6 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Humphrey Bogart serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
The African Queen (1951)
John Huston’s 1951 WWI East Africa adventure. Bogart and Hepburn down a river to torpedo a German gunboat. Bogart’s only Oscar.
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
1954 Edward Dmytryk courtroom drama with Humphrey Bogart as paranoid Captain Queeg. The strawberries, the ball bearings, the mutiny.
Casablanca (1942)
Curtiz’s 1942 wartime romance. Bogart, Bergman, Henreid. The most quoted American film ever made. Holds every position it took during shooting.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Huston’s 1948 gold-greed Western. Bogart deteriorating, Walter Huston dancing, Tim Holt holding the moral center. Won three Oscars.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Huston’s 1941 directorial debut. Bogart as Sam Spade. The film that established American film noir as a coherent style.