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‘Monsieur Spade’: Shouldn’t a Detective Show Starring Clive Owen Be Cooler?

Case Closed

Despite great casting, AMC’s aged take on the Dashiell Hammett sleuth doesn’t quite get the pulse racing.

Tim Grierson

Published Jan. 11 2024 4:45PM EST

A photo including Clive Owen as Sam Spade in Monsieur Spade on AMC — Jean-Claude Lother/AMC

Tim Grierson

Tim Grierson

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