Monsieur Spade

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 |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".