Satan Met a Lady

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Satan Met a Lady is a 1936 comedic mystery film loosely adapted from Dashiell Hammett’s novel "The Maltese Falcon," featuring a lighter, more playful take on the hard-boiled detective story.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy mystery film
film
adaptationType loose adaptation
alternateTitleRelation second film adaptation of The Maltese Falcon
basedOn The Maltese Falcon
basedOnWorkAuthor Dashiell Hammett
character Kenneth
Barabbas
surface form: Madame Barabbas

Miss Murgatroyd
Ted Shane
Valerie Purvis
cinematographyBy Arthur Edeson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director William Dieterle
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editingBy Thomas Richards
era 1930s American cinema
followedBy The Maltese Falcon
surface form: The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)
format black-and-white
genre comedy
mystery film
hasFilmRating Passed (Production Code era)
isAdaptationOf The Maltese Falcon
language English
leadActor Warren William
leadActress Bette Davis
medium theatrical feature film
musicBy Bernhard Kaun
narrativeStyle hard-boiled detective story
precededBy The Maltese Falcon
surface form: The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)
producer Henry Blanke
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1936-07-22
releaseYear 1936
runtimeMinutes 74
screenwriter Brown Holmes
Robert H. Lord
surface form: Robert Lord
setDecoration Warner Bros. studio lot
surface form: Warner Bros. backlot
setting San Francisco
stars Alison Skipworth
Arthur Treacher
Bette Davis
Marie Wilson
Porter Hall
Warren William
tone light
playful

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The Maltese Falcon precededBy Satan Met a Lady
subject surface form: The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)