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Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 American detective film directed by William Dieterle and starring Bette Davis and Warren William. The screenplay by Brown Holmes is a loose adaptation of the 1929 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.
Satan Met a Lady: Directed by William Dieterle. With Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher. A double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- William Dieterle
- 1936-07-22
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief. Cast & Crew. Read More. William Dieterle. Director. Bette Davis. Valerie Purvis. Warren William. Ted Shane. Alison Skipworth. Madame Barabbas. Arthur Treacher.
- William Dieterle, Gene Lewis
- Bette Davis
In this early, comedic version of "The Maltese Falcon," jaded gumshoe Ted Shane (Warren William) is hired by enigmatic Valerie Purvis (Bette Davis) to find a man who spurned her. When Shane's ...
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- William Dieterle
- Crime, Drama
- Bette Davis
Warner Bros. infamous, second adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon, just five years after its first, Satan Met A Lady features a number of arguably eccentric changes to Hammett’s classic Sam Spade mystery, including a name change for Spade (Ted Shane) and the substitution of a jewel-filled ram’s horn for The Maltese Falcon ...
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A double-crossing woman, the two-timing P.I. she hired, the corpulent "empress of crime", and a gentleman thief are all after a legendary priceless eighth-century ram's horn. Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble, heads for home and his ex-partner's detective agency. The business is in a sad way, and Shane, who ...