The Maltese Falcon
John Huston / US, 1941 / 101 min.
Dashiell Hammett, pioneer of the hard-boiled detective, published his most famous novel The Maltese Falcon in 1930. After two prior adaptations, debutant John Huston had a shot at it in 1941. This signalled the birth of film noir.
A mysterious woman walks into a detective’s office and asks for help. It’s the start of an intrigue full of dead ends and hairpin bends during which the detective, Sam Spade, inimitably portrayed by Humphrey Bogart, is constantly put on the wrong foot, along with the audience. They know just as little as he does.
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Director
John Huston
Production year
1941
Country
US
Original title
The Maltese Falcon
Length
101 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Film Noir
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