Post by Aerie on Jul 11, 2010 12:32:50 GMT -5
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 Warner Bros. film based on novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. Written and directed by John Huston, the film stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade; Mary Astor as his femme fatale client; Gladys George, who received third billing despite having a relatively minor role; Peter Lorre; and Sydney Greenstreet in his film debut. The film was Huston's directorial debut and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
The story concerns a San Francisco private detective's dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers who compete to obtain a fabulous jewel-encrusted statuette of a falcon.
The Maltese Falcon has been named as one of the greatest films of all time by Roger Ebert,[1] and Entertainment Weekly,[2] and was cited by Panorama du Film Noir Américain, the first major work on film noir, as the first film of that genre.[3]
The film premiered on October 3, 1941 in New York City and was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 1989.[4]
The story concerns a San Francisco private detective's dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers who compete to obtain a fabulous jewel-encrusted statuette of a falcon.
The Maltese Falcon has been named as one of the greatest films of all time by Roger Ebert,[1] and Entertainment Weekly,[2] and was cited by Panorama du Film Noir Américain, the first major work on film noir, as the first film of that genre.[3]
The film premiered on October 3, 1941 in New York City and was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 1989.[4]
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