The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)
| The Maltese Falcon | |
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| Directed by | John Huston |
| Screenplay by | John Huston |
| Based on | The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett |
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| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson[N 1] |
| Edited by | Thomas Richards |
| Music by | Adolph Deutsch |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $375,000[2][N 2] |
| Box office | $1.8 million[2] |
The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 American film noir written and directed by John Huston[3] in his directorial debut. Based on the 1930 novel by Dashiell Hammett, it is a remake of the 1931 film.[4][5][6]
Starring Humphrey Bogart as private investigator Sam Spade, Mary Astor as his femme fatale client Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet as villains, the film follows a life-and-death quest for a jewel-encrusted falcon statuette in San Francisco.
The film premiered in New York City on October 3, 1941, and was an immediate success, eventually becoming one of the first 25 films selected by the Library of Congress to be included in the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 1989.[7][8]
- ^ a b "The Maltese Falcon (1941)". American Film Institute. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup 1, 1–31 p. 22 doi:10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ "The Maltese Falcon". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
- ^ Hammett, Dashiell (1992). The Maltese Falcon. New York City: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. ISBN 978-0679722649.
- ^ "The Maltese Falcon". Variety. September 30, 1941. p. 9. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; October 4, 1941, p. 159.
- ^ "Entertainment: Film Registry Picks First 25 Movies". Los Angeles Times. Washington, D.C. September 19, 1989. Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
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