An
elusive bird...
A friend
suggested
that I catch up on one of the true classics of
cinema that had eluded me over the years... "The
Maltese Falcon".
This noir mystery consistently intrigues and
entertains with its characters playing head
games on one another and verbally jousting with
tongue planted firmly in cheek. Humphrey
Bogart's Detective Sam Spade has some of the
wittiest lines of any movie from that era.
The film has Detective Spade solving murders,
dodging crooks, flirting with women, eluding the
cops, and dealing with the bad guys all in
relation to a mysterious black bird whose value
seems to increase with each character's desire
to possess it.
I really enjoyed everything about this well
written and conivingly constructed movie. It
never reveals too much but always dangles
another carrot for us to chew on.
This is a deserved classic and I highly
recommend it to anyone who, like me, has let it
fall by the wayside over the years.
©
Written by TC Candler
Richard
Propes' Comment
I
highly recommend this John Huston directed
classic based on a Dashiell Hammett novel
involving the detective Sam Spade. Humphrey
Bogart is wonderful as Sam Spade, with Oscar
nominated support by Sydney Greenstreet. The
film also received Oscar nominations for Best
Picture and screenplay. It was inducted into the
National Film Registry in 1989. This film is one
of the truly classic detective films. Definitely
a must-see for detective movie fans!
Jacob
Hall's Comment
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