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
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
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston, marking Huston's directorial debut. It is the third film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, following the
The Maltese Falcon (novel)
…Bette Davis and Warren William, with Sam Spade becoming "Ted Shane". The film received poor reviews, and Davis later referred to the film as "junk". The Maltese Falcon (1941), the third and best-known version, considered to be a film noir classic. This version dropped much of the suggestive content in the 1931 version…
Theatrical release poster
Gutman and Cairo meet with Spade.
Spade confronts O'Shaughnessy.