The Maltese falcon / Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. ; First National Pictures ; executive producer, Hal B. Wallis ; associate producer, Henry Blanke ; screen play by John Huston ; directed by John Huston.

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In The Maltese falcon, 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Deutsch, Adolph, 1897-1980 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) Vitaphone Corp First National Pictures, Inc Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986 (Producer) Blanke, Henry, 1901-1981 (Producer) Huston, John, 1906-1987 (Screenwriter, Director) Edeson, Arthur, 1891-1970 (Cinematographer) Richards, Thomas, 1899-1946 (Film editor) Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957 (Actor) Astor, Mary, 1906-1987 (Actor) George, Gladys, 1904-1954 (Actor) Lorre, Peter (Actor) MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969 (Actor) Patrick, Lee, 1901-1982 (Actor) Greenstreet, Sydney (Actor) Bond, Ward, 1903-1960 (Actor) Cowan, Jerome, 1897-1972 (Actor) Cook, Elisha, Jr (Actor) Burke, James, 1886-1968 (Actor) Alper, Murray, 1904-1984 (Actor) Hamilton, John, 1887-1958 (Actor) Del Ruth, Roy, 1893-1961 (Director) Fulton, Maude, 1881-1950 (Screenwriter) Holmes, Brown (Screenwriter) Rees, William, 1906-1961 (Cinematographer) Marks, George (Film editor) Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971 (Actor) Cortez, Ricardo, 1899-1977 (Actor) Digges, Dudley, 1879-1947 (Actor) Merkel, Una, 1903-1986 (Actor) Elliott, Robert, 1879-1951 (Actor) Todd, Thelma, 1905-1935 (Actor) Matiesen, Otto, 1893-1932 (Actor) Long, Walter, 1879-1952 (Actor) Frye, Dwight, 1899-1943 (Actor) MacDonald, J. Farrell, 1875-1952 (Actor) Dieterle, William, 1893-1972 (Director) Low, Warren, 1905-1989 (Film editor) Davis, Bette, 1908-1989 (Actor) William, Warren, 1895-1948 (Actor) Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952 (Actor) Treacher, Arthur, 1894-1975 (Actor) Wilson, Marie, 1916-1972 (Actor) Shaw, Winifred, 1899-1982 (Actor) Hall, Porter, 1888-1953 (Actor) Howland, Olin, 1886-1959 (Actor) Wilson, Charles C. (Charles Cahill), 1894-1948 (Actor) Orry-Kelly, 1897-1964 (Costume designer) Forbstein, Leo F. (Conductor) Luick, Earl, 1904-2003 (Costume designer) Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	In English with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published:	Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2006], ©2006.
Edition:	Three-disc special edition ; standard version.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Hammett, Dashiell, > 1894-1961 > Film adaptations. Spade, Sam (Fictitious character) > Drama. Private investigators > United States > Drama. Theft > Drama. Swindlers and swindling > Drama. Asesinato > Estados Unidos > Teatro. Estatuas > Teatro. Detective and mystery films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film noir. Feature films. Feature films > United States. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Mystery > Feature. Thriller > Feature. Drama. Film adaptations. Hammett, Dashiell, > 1894-1961. Private investigators. Spade, Sam (Fictitious character) Swindlers and swindling. Theft. United States.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Teatro. Detective and mystery films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Film noir. Feature films. Feature films Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Mystery Thriller Feature.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	In The Maltese falcon, 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. In Satan met a lady, Sam Spade is now PI Ted Shane, pulled into the hunt for the jewel-filled Horn of Roland.
Note:	Based upon the novel by Dashiell Hammett. Originally released as a motion picture in 1941. Special features: Disc 1. Warner night at the movies 1941 short subjects gallery; Optional commentary by Eric Lax; Theatrical trailer. Disc 3. Makeup tests; Audio vault. 2/8/1943 Lux Radio broadcast; 9/20/1943 Screen Guild Theater broadcast; 7/3/1946 Academy Award Theater broadcast. Videorecording.
Call Number:	CP9 D0072792 VideoDVD
Audience:	Not rated.
ISBN:	9781419814839 1419814834
Credits:	Director of photography, Arthur Edeson ; dialogue director, Robert Foulk ; film editor, Thomas Richards ; art director, Robert Haas ; gowns by Orry-Kelly; music by Adolph Deutsch ; musical director, Leo F. Forbstein. Maltese Falcon (1931): photography, William Rees ; edited by George Marks ; wardrobe by Earl Luick ; Vitaphone Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein. Satan met a lady: ; photography, Arthur Edeson; dialogue director, Gene Lewis ; art director, Max Parker ; film editor, Warren Low ; gowns by Orry-Kelly.
System Details:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono.
Cast:	Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Barton MacLane, Lee Patrick, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Jerome Cowan, Elisha Cook, Jr., James Burke, Murray Alper, John Hamilton. Maltese Falcon (1931): Bebe Daniels, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Una Merkel, Robert Elliott, Thelma Todd, Otto Matieson, Walter Long, Dwight Frye, J. Farrell MacDonald. Satan met a lady: Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Arthur Treacher, Marie Wilson, Winifred Shaw, Porter Hall, Olin Howland, Charles Wilson.