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The Maltese Falcon (1941 Film) Summary. The setting is 1940s San Francisco. Private investigators Sam Spade and Miles Archer are meeting with a prospective new client, Ruth Wonderly. Ruth appears to be very concerned for her sister and claims she is missing. Explaining that she has been searching for her with no success, Ruth wants to hire the ...
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 Warner Bros. Film Noir directed by John Huston and based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, with Huston's screenplay using most of the book's original dialogue. It stars Humphrey Bogart as Hardboiled Detective Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his Femme Fatale client, Sydney Greenstreet (in his film debut) as ...
The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film based on the 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film stars Ricardo Cortez as private detective Sam Spade and Bebe Daniels as femme fatale Ruth Wonderly. The supporting cast features Dudley Digges, Thelma Todd, Walter Long, Una Merkel, and ...
Mar 3, 2024 · Earning its place on both the original and the 10th anniversary edition of AFI’s ranking of the greatest American films, THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) stars Humphrey Bogart – named by the American Film Institute as the greatest screen legend of all time – and marked the feature directorial debut of AFI Life Achievement Award honoree John Huston. The film was also recognized by AFI among the ...
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir directed by John Huston in his directorial debut. Huston's screenplay was based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. The film stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter Lorre, and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with ...
The Maltese Falcon (1941) Soon after when he returns to his office, the front door is being freshly painted to read "Samuel Spade, Confidential Investigator." Effie alerts Spade to a homosexual client who has just arrived in the outer office and presented her with a gardenia-perfumed business card. Spade sniffs the card - reacting with a ...
May 20, 2024 · The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 film noir about a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette. The film has been named as one of the greatest films of all time by Roger Ebert and Entertainment Weekly, was cited by Panorama du Film Noir ...
