The Maltese Falcon

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The Maltese Falcon is a 1931 Warner Bros. crime film based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett. It was directed by Roy Del Ruth and stars Ricardo Cortez as private detective Sam Spade and Bebe Daniels in the role of Ruth Wonderly/ Brigid O'Shaughnessy. Also featured are Thelma Todd, Dudley Digges, Otto Matieson, and Una Merkel. Maude Fulton, Brown Holmes, and Lucien Hubbard (who was uncredited) wrote the screenplay. The film is some... more
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  • Jun 13, 1931

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  • 80 min (48 hs )

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  • Dangerous Female

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Roy Del Ruth

Roy Del Ruth (October 18, 1893 – April 27, 1961) was a Hollywood film director. Del Ruth, who started out as a screenwriter in 1915 writing gags for Mack Sennett, began directing feature films in the 1920s. He became known for directing urban and crime dramas including the 1931 version of The...

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The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon is a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the magazine "Black Mask". The story has been adapted several times for the cinema. The main character, Sam Spade, appears only in this novel and in three lesser known short stories, yet is widely cited as...
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