B003ZEQMH8

883929154296

7.5" x 5.25" x .50"

1941

1941-10-18

100

1h 40min

Nominated for 3 Oscars, 5 wins & 3 nominations total

John Huston

John Huston, Dashiell Hammett

Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

Henry Blanke, Hal B. Wallis

Adolph Deutsch

Arthur Edeson

Thomas Richards

Robert M. Haas

Orry-Kelly

Perc Westmore, Frank McCoy, Jean Udko

Al Alleborn

Claude Archer, John Prettyman, Jack Sullivan

John Gilbert Kissel, Keefe Maley, William McConnell

Oliver S. Garretson

William Conger, E.F. Dexter, Mack Elliott, Mike Joyce, Wally Meinardus, William Steudeman

Eugene Joseff, Burrell Kring, Cora Lobb

Leo F. Forbstein, Louis Kaufman, Arthur Lange

Meta Carpenter

Robert Foulk, Natacha Nahon

Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Warner Bros.

USA

English

Passed

8

158382

97

The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston in his directorial debut, based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and indebted to the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade and Mary Astor as his femme fatale client. Gladys George, Peter 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.

The film premiered in New York City on October 3, 1941, and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Considered one of the greatest films of all time, it was one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the National Film Registry for being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant . It is a part of Roger Ebert s series The Great Movies and was cited by Panorama du Film Noir Américain as the first major film noir.

$375,000 (estimated)

$18,180

$34,691

Private detective,directorial debut,maltese falcon,murder,statuette