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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 The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, it is a remake of the 1931 film of the same name. [4] [5] [6]
Huston won two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). He earned nominations for The Maltese Falcon (1941), Sargeant York (1941), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957 ...
For his first directing assignment, Huston chose Dashiell Hammett's detective thriller, The Maltese Falcon, a film which failed at the box office in two earlier versions by Warners. However, studio head Jack L. Warner approved of Huston's treatment of Hammett's 1930 novel, and he stood by his word to let Huston choose his first subject.
Huston's recording of "September Song" is heard repeatedly in September Affair (1950). [13] Huston makes an uncredited appearance in the 1941 film noir classic The Maltese Falcon, portraying the ship's captain who is shot just before delivering the black bird to Sam Spade, played by Humphrey Bogart. Walter's son, John Huston, directed the ...
The Maltese Falcon, detective novel by Dashiell Hammett published in 1930, and its film adaptations: The Maltese Falcon (1931 film) , starring Ricardo Cortez and directed by Roy Del Ruth The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) , starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by John Huston
Those who are well-versed in the history of cinema, of course, will recognize Stephen’s parents’ names immediately: Humphrey is known for films like Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Sabrina and ...
His breakthrough came in High Sierra (1941), and he catapulted to stardom as the lead in John Huston's The Maltese Falcon (1941), considered one of the first great noir films. [4] Bogart's private detectives, Sam Spade (in The Maltese Falcon) and Philip Marlowe (in 1946's The Big Sleep), became the models for detectives in other noir films.
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