| Tom Trencher | |
| Fictional Character | |
| "The Maltese Elephant" Set in OTL | |
| Type of Appearance: | Posthumous references |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Date of Death: | c. 1930 |
| Cause of Death: | Shot to death |
| Occupation: | Private detective |
| Affiliations: | Bowman and Trencher Detective Agency |
Tom Trencher was a private detective in San Francisco. He and his partner, Miles Bowman, were hired by a woman calling herself Claire Lenoir to follow a man named Evan Thursday. While on the job, Trencher was murdered. He'd been having an affair with Bowman's wife, Eva. Naturally, suspicion immediately fell on Bowman.
Literary Comment[]
Left,Ricardo Cortez was the first person to play Sam Spade on the screen; right, Humphrey Bogart, the most famous person to play Sam Spade in any media.
Trencher is based on Dashiell Hammett's detective, Sam Spade.
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