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The Queen's Gambit co-creator is heading back to the 1960s with Clive Owen-led French-language Sam Spade drama Monsieur Spade
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Scott Frank is teaming with City On a Hill showrunner Tom Fontana on the potential series. "Monsieur Spade centers around writer Dashiell Hammett’s great detective, Sam Spade, played by Owen, who has been quietly living out his golden years in the small town of Bozuls in the South of France," per Deadline. "It’s 1963, the Algerian War has just ended, and in a very short time, so, too, will Spade’s tranquility."
TOPICS: Clive Owen, Monsieur Spade, Scott Frank, Tom Fontana, In Development
