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The Maltese Falcon (view source)
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'''''The Maltese Falcon''''' is a [[Dashiell Hammett]] detective story made into a movie with [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Peter Lorre]]. The fuss is all about a black bird supposedly encrusted with jewels under a lead coating, sought after by international criminals.
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| image=MalteseFalconposter.jpg
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| director=John Huston
| producer=Hal B. Wallis
| writer=Dashiell Hammett<br>John Huston
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| starring=Humphrey Bogart<br>Mary Astor
| music=Adolph Deutsch
| cinematography=Arthur Edeson
| editing=Thomas Richards
| distributor=Warner Brothers
| released=October 18, 1941
| runtime=101 min
| country=USA
| language=English
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'''''The Maltese Falcon''''' is a John Huston movie released in 1941 by Warner Brothers. The film is based on the novel by [[Dashiell Hammett]]. [[Humphrey Bogart]]'s portrayal of the hard-boiled detective Sam Spade set new standards in dark, gritty crime dramas known as ''[[film noir]]'', and is considered one of the great films in history. The film was nominated for three [[Academy Award]]s: Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor.
==Plot==
A mysterious woman shows up at Spade's detective agency and asks that a man be shadowed; soon that man and Spade's partner wind up dead, with Spade handling a lying woman on one hand, dangerous men on the other, and the object of their lust in the middle: a centuries-old jewel-encrusted statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
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==Cast==
*[[Humphrey Bogart]] (Sam Spade)
*Mary Astor (Brigid O'Shaughnessy)
*Peter Lorre (Joel Cairo)
*Sydney Greenstreet (Kasper Gutman)
*Lee Patrick (Effie Perine)
*Ward Bond (Det. Tom Polhaus)
*Barton MacLane (Det. Lt. Dundy)
*Jerome Cowan (Miles Archer)
*Gladys George (Iva Archer)
*Elisha Cook Jr. (Wilmer Cook)
==Links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/ The Maltese Falcon] at the Internet Movie Database
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028219/ ''Satan Met A Lady'', the second adaption of ''The Maltese Falcon'' on film]
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022111/ The first adaption in film, 1931]
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