Watch: Clive Owen's Sam Spade comes out of retirement in 'Monsieur Spade'

Fred Topel
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Clive Owen stars as Sam Spade in "Monsieur Spade." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Clive Owen stars as Sam Spade in "Monsieur Spade." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
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Nov. 16 (UPI) -- AMC, AMC+ and Acorn TV released the trailer for Monsieur Spade on Thursday. The series premieres Jan. 14.

Clive Owen plays detective Sam Spade. Spade is enjoying his retirement in Bozouls when his past from the Algerian War comes looking for him.

Now, Spade is back in action protecting a child in 1963. The series filmed on location in France.

Scott Frank and Tom Fontana created the limited series of six episodes. Frank also directs.

Sam Spade (Clive Owen) is back on the case. Photo courtesy of AMC, AMC+ and AcornTV
Sam Spade (Clive Owen) is back on the case. Photo courtesy of AMC, AMC+ and AcornTV

The show also stars Dean Winters, Alfre Woodard, Cara Bossom, Denis Ménochet, Louise Bourgoin, Chiara Mastroianni, Stanley Weber, Matthew Beard, Jonathan Zaccaï and Rebecca Root

Dashiell Hammett wrote the Spade novel The Maltese Falcon and four other short stories. Humphrey Bogart played Spade in the Maltese Falcon movie.

Alfre Woodard stars on "Monsieur Spade." Photo courtesy of AMC, AMC+ and AcornTV
Alfre Woodard stars on "Monsieur Spade." Photo courtesy of AMC, AMC+ and AcornTV

Ricardo Cortez, George Segal and Peter Falk also played Spade on screen. Owen currently stars in A Murder at the End of the World.