Maltese Falcon Movie Review

Excellent but too mature for the littlest kids.

Maltese falcon movie review. With humphrey bogart mary astor gladys george peter lorre. The maltese falcon is a 1941 american film noir directed and scripted by john huston in his directorial debut based on the 1930 novel of the same name by dashiell hammett. The maltese falcon 1941 film noir movie spotlight support us on patreon. It stars humphrey bogart as private investigator sam spade and mary astor as his femme fatale client.

Primarily remembered as john huston s directorial debut the movie played a decisive role in giving film noire its true identity as a genre. Gladys george peter lorre and sydney greenstreet co star with the last appearing in his film debut. Directed by john huston. Maltese falcon the united states 1941 a movie review by james berardinelli the maltese falcon is among the most important and influential movies to emerge from the hollywood system as significant in some ways as its contemporary citizen kane.

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette. A remake of dashiell hammett s hard boiled mystery it is rich raw beef right off the u s. Aldo g super reviewer apr 06 2016 tough and gritty the film noir classic the maltese falcon from 1941 has a fantastic cast led by humphrey bogart in the role of hardboiled detective sam spade. The maltese falcon is frighteningly good evidence that the british alfred hitchcock carol reed et al have no monopoly on the technique of making mystery films.

The maltese falcon was his first choice even though it had been filmed twice before by warners in 1931 under the same title and in 1936 as satan met a lady. They were such wretched pictures huston told his biographer lawrence grobel. The movie despite being in black white appears strikingly refreshing both to the eyes and the intellect. The maltese falcon is among the most important and influential movies to emerge from the hollywood system as significant in some ways as its contemporary citizen kane.

He saw hammett s vision more clearly saw that the story was not about plot but about character saw that to soften sam spade would be.