The Maltese Falcon

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crime film fictional private detective film film noir mystery film

The Maltese Falcon is a classic 1941 film noir, directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart as private detective Sam Spade, widely regarded as a landmark of the genre.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
The Maltese Falcon canonical	38
The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)	9
The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)	5
The Maltese Falcon universe	4
The Maltese Falcon (1930 novel)	3
The Maltese Falcon (novel)	3
The Maltese Falcon (early 1931 version)	1
The Maltese Falcon (producer credit disputed/associated)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	crime film ⓘ fictional private detective ⓘ film ⓘ film noir ⓘ mystery film ⓘ
academyAwardNominationFor	Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Best Picture ⓘ Best Supporting Actor (Sydney Greenstreet) ⓘ
author	Dashiell Hammett ⓘ
basedOn	The Maltese Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Maltese Falcon (novel)
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
character	Sam Spade ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Arthur Edeson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	John Huston ⓘ
distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy	Thomas Richards ⓘ
genre	crime film ⓘ detective film ⓘ film noir ⓘ mystery film ⓘ
includedIn	National Film Registry ⓘ surface form: United States National Film Registry
musicBy	Adolph Deutsch ⓘ
nationalFilmRegistrySelectionYear	1989 ⓘ
notableProp	jeweled falcon statuette ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
oscarNominations	3 ⓘ
portrays	Sam Spade ⓘ
precededBy	Satan Met a Lady ⓘ The Maltese Falcon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Maltese Falcon (1931 film)
producer	Hal B. Wallis ⓘ
productionCompany	Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
recognizedAs	classic American film ⓘ landmark of film noir ⓘ
releaseYear	1941 ⓘ
runningTime	100 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	John Huston ⓘ
setIn	San Francisco ⓘ
starring	Elisha Cook Jr. ⓘ Gladys George ⓘ Humphrey Bogart ⓘ Mary Astor ⓘ Peter Lorre ⓘ Sydney Greenstreet ⓘ
theme	deception ⓘ greed ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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