Casper Gutman — The Maltese Falcon Character Profile

About Casper Gutman

The mastermind orchestrating the theft of the jewel-encrusted black bird. He hires Spade indirectly, offers a large reward, and collaborates with Cairo and Wilmer. After discovering the statuette is a fake, he is murdered by Wilmer during the confrontation.

Character Facts

Played by

Dudley Digges

Appears in

The Maltese Falcon (1931)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Casper Gutman — Professional Negotiator — Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez)

  Gutman engages Spade in negotiations regarding the falcon's ownership.

• Casper Gutman — Alliance Conspirator — Ruth Wonderly (Bebe Daniels)

  Wonderly aligns with Gutman to pursue the statuette.

• Casper Gutman — Alliance Co-conspirator — Dr. Joel Cairo (Otto Matieson)

  Cairo and Gutman collaborate despite their competitive interests.

• Casper Gutman — Professional Employer — Wilmer Cook (Dwight Frye)

  Gutman employs Wilmer as his primary enforcer.

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More characters from The Maltese Falcon

• Sam Spade (Ricardo Cortez)
• Ruth Wonderly (Bebe Daniels)
• Effie Perrine (Una Merkel)
• Iva Archer (Thelma Todd)
• Police Lt. Dundy (Robert Elliott)
• Wilmer Cook (Dwight Frye)
• Det. Sgt. Tom Polhaus (J. Farrell MacDonald)
• Dr. Joel Cairo (Otto Matieson)
• Miles Archer (Walter Long)
• Capt. John Jacobi (uncredited) (Agostino Borgato)
• District Attorney (uncredited) (Morgan Wallace)
• Sarah the Prison Matron (uncredited) (Lucille Ward)