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  2. Sam Spade - Wikipedia

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    Sam Spade is a fictional character and the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The ... The Maltese Falcon (1946, Feature Books #48, David McKay ...

  3. Dashiell Hammett - Wikipedia

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    New York : Vintage Books, 2005. Collection nine stories of Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, and The Continental Op. ISBN 978-1-400079-62-9; The Hunter and Other Stories. Mysterious Press, 2013. Collection of previously unpublished or uncollected stories and screenplays, including a fragment of a second Sam Spade novel.

  4. The Maltese Falcon (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by American writer Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine Black Mask beginning with the September 1929 issue. . The story is told entirely in external third-person narrative; there is no description whatsoever of any character's thoughts or feelings, only what they say and do, and how they l

  5. Philip Marlowe - Wikipedia

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    Philip Marlowe (/ ˈ m ɑːr l oʊ / MAR-loh) is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler who was characteristic of the hardboiled crime fiction genre. The genre originated in the 1920s, notably in Black Mask magazine, in which Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op and Sam Spade first appeared.

  6. Monsieur Spade - Wikipedia

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    In 1955, American detective Sam Spade is paid to deliver a girl named Teresa to the French town of Bozouls. Philippe, Teresa's criminal father, is blackmailing a woman named Gabrielle and others there about activities during World War II. Gabrielle eventually becomes Sam's wife. In 1963, Gabrielle has passed away and Sam has inherited her estate.

  7. Category:Sam Spade - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the character Sam Spade and his depictions. He is the protagonist of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon. Spade also appeared in four lesser-known short stories by Hammett.The Maltese Falcon, first published as a serial in the pulp magazine Black Mask, is

  8. Hardboiled - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of private eye Sam Spade by Henry C. Murphy Jr. Hardboiled (or hard-boiled) fiction is a literary genre that shares some of its characters and settings with crime fiction (especially detective fiction and noir fiction).

  9. The Continental Op - Wikipedia

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    November 1927 issue of Black Mask, featuring "The Cleansing of Poisonville". The Continental Op is a master of deceit in the exercise of his occupation. In his 1927 Black Mask story "$106,000 Blood Money" the Op is confronted with a dilemma: should he expose a corrupt fellow detective, thereby hurting the reputation of his agency; and should he also allow an informant to collect the $106,000 ...