Monday, September 14, 2020

The Maltese Falcon: What is Film Noir?

 




The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir directed and scripted by John Huston[3] in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett.[4][5][6] It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys GeorgePeter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet co-star, with the last appearing in his film debut. The story follows a San Francisco private detective and his dealings with three unscrupulous adventurers, all of whom are competing to obtain a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette.[3]
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_(1941_film)

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