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DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 1, 2000
• R2: 3 Jul 2000
Budget $300,000
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes
Country USA
Studio Warner Brothers
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Other Titles
• The Maltese Falcon
• The Gent from Frisco (1941)
• Die Spur des Falken (1945)
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Genre: Mystery, Film-Noir, Betrayal, Detectives, Murder, Cult Classic, Deception, Police, Femme Fatale, Scams And Cons, Spy
Tagline: A story as explosive as his blazing automatics!
Plot: Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the duplicitous Brigid, the perfumed Mr. Cairo, and the scheming Fat Man. Huston's brilliant directorial debut is aided by first-rate performances, excellent camera work, as well as the director's acute attention to detail while shooting the film. Based on the crime novel by Dashiell Hammett. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Sydney Greenstreet), and Best Screenplay. Previous versions of the story were filmed in 1931 (a.k.a. DANGEROUS FEMALE) and in 1936 (as SATAN MET A LADY, starring Bette Davis), and poorly redone in 1975 (THE BLACK BIRD).
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| Directed by |
John Huston
The African Queen, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Man Who Would Be King |
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Humphrey Bogart
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