In Monsieur Spade, Clive Owen plays Sam Spade the private detective at the heart of 1941's The Maltese Falcon but the AMC series isn't the actor's only contemporary noir series that's worth watching. A few months before Monsieur Spade's premiere, Owen appeared in Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij's A Murder at the End of the World, a psychological thriller that sees the actor in a much different, though equally compelling, role. Seemingly, Monsieur Spade, the stealth Maltese Falcon sequel, might have made a bigger splash for the actor, especially since he's tasked with channeling Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart.

Like any good continuation, Monsieur Spade reveals what happened after Maltese Falcon, with Owen's version of the private detective relocating to an estate in rural France. Although Spade is eager to enjoy his retirement, the brutal murder of six nuns at a local convent pulls Sam back into the murder-mystery game.