The Maltese Falcon
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Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed while tailing a man. The woman who asked his partner to follow the man turns out to be someone who is not what she says she is, and is really involved in something to do with the 'Maltese Falcon',
… More »Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed while tailing a man. The woman who asked his partner to follow the man turns out to be someone who is not what she says she is, and is really involved in something to do with the 'Maltese Falcon', a gold-encrusted life-sized statue of a falcon, the only one of its kind.
« Lessdisc 2. The Maltese falcon (1931) / directed by Roy Del Ruth. Satan met a lady (1936) / directed by William Dieterle
disc 3. Special features.
Videorecordings not viewed.
Includes bonus material.
"Deluxe 3-disc edition of one of the greatest movie mystery yarns of all time. Enjoy all 3 Warner Bros. screen versions, especially John Huston's 1941 masterpiece that shot Humphrey Bogart to stardom, restored and digitally remastered"--Container.
Closed-captioned.
Soundtracks available in English ; subtitles available in English, French and Spanish (1941 movie only).
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Add a CommentA classic!! See it.
A++ all the way for this movie!!!!
Considered by many to be the best film noir ever made. This movie and the movie Julia got me to read 3 or 4 of Dashiell Hammett's novels plus read a biography of Hammett. I myself consider Chinatown to be closest to this one in excellence, with the full essence of film noir.
This was the second remaking of the film, and this one sticks the closest to the original atmosphere of Hammett's novel. Bogart's performance is outstanding. Sydney Greenstreet made his movie debut in this one (in his 60's;before he was a stage actor). He was petrified to be in front of the camera-but you would never guess. Huston's direction is excellent. Noir at its finest.
The 3-disc edition also contains an extra audio track with commentary by Bogart biographer Eric Lax, two earlier adaptations made from the original novel, "Warner Night at the Movies 1941" with a 'Short Subjects Gallery' presenting a vintage newsreel, Technicolor musical short "The Gay Parisian", and the classic cartoons "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" and "Meet John Doughboy". As if that's not enough, there' also an audio-only bonus: 3 radio show adaptations including a version starring Edward G. Robinson.
Humphrey Bogart is probably my favorite actor. This combines Humphrey with the perfect supporting cast and the best film noir director, John Huston. It's like a moving painting, a work of art that moves. Total fluff, really. But everything is superlative about it. It nails everything with perfection and defines the film noir genre. If you like this check out 'The Big Sleep' and 'The Asphalt Jungle.'