Sam Spade
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Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett.
Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in the trailer for The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon (novel)
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The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue. The story is told entirely i
Sam Spade
…Sam Spade (Samuel Spade) is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett. The Maltese Falcon, first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask…
Cover of the first edition
September 1929 cover of Black Mask, featuring part 1 of serialization of The Maltese Falcon. Illustration by Henry C. Murphy, Jr.
Publicity still for the 1941 film: Left to right: Sam Spade, Miss Wonderly, Police Lt Dundy, Joel Cairo, Tom Polhaus