Maltese Falcon Movie Review

With humphrey bogart mary astor gladys george peter lorre.

Maltese falcon movie review. After two previous film versions of dashiell hammett s detective classic the maltese falcon warner bros. But i have issues with tmf as a true classic rather than a relic of the early days of film noir. A lot of directors have come and gone but none of them was just reading it to you tucking you in he whispers the book in his infamous adaptation like it is his the director s john huston. The narration is a.

Excellent but too mature for the littlest kids. The maltese falcon 1941 film noir movie spotlight support us on patreon. They were such wretched pictures huston told his biographer lawrence grobel. Many other reviews remark upon the historic significance of the maltese falcon and i acknowledge the movie deserves props for bogie s turn as sam spade and for snappy dialog.

Steve hayes 12 354 views. The maltese falcon 1941 is one of the most popular and best classic detective mysteries ever made and many film historians consider it the first in the dark film noir genre in hollywood. A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette. Directed by john huston.

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. Humphrey bogart the maltese falcon joseph gordon levitt in brick steve hayes duration. First there s the femme fatale and alleged bombshell bridget o shaughnessy played by mary astor whose performance has. It leaves the audience with a distinctly down beat conclusion and bitter taste.

Read common sense media s the maltese falcon review age rating and parents guide. 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. Gladys george peter lorre and sydney greenstreet co star with the last appearing in his film debut. The story if you are aware of it has been wielded before too but it didn t come out this durable and.

It stars humphrey bogart as private investigator sam spade and mary astor as his femme fatale client. Finally got it right in 1941 or rather john huston a long established screenwriter.