 " The Big Goodbye " is the first episode to significantly feature the holodeck . Tormé credited Gene Roddenberry with the idea for the detective novel , with Tormé employing the film noir style using references to The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ) . Lawrence Tierney , who previously appeared in film noir movies in the 1940s , guest stars as Cyrus Redblock . The Dixon Hill setting reappeared in two later episodes in the series and in the film , Star Trek : First Contact ( 1996 ) . 
