I've read Dashiell Hammett's original story twice. This movie makes his book seem like a screenplay that he wrote just for these actors.So the casting and direction was genius. Now I have to watch it again. Great stuff.
Spot on. The best of the film noir genre, without question. Lorre and Greenstreet are always fabulous, just as they were in Casablanca. Great plot, twists and turrns, and you have to pay attention. The great thing about old films is they require a bit of intellect to digest them. They rely on plot, substance, dialogue, and character development. About the only special effects are lighting and guns with blanks.
"You killed Miles, and you're going over for it." When I first saw the movie and Spade, with the absolutely blood curding look in his eyes, uttered that line to Brigid O'Shaughnessy, my heart stopped and I was just frozen ... it was so chilling!!
Mr George Raft - as John Huston used to call him - declined the role as Sam Spade... He also declined the main roles in High Sierra ( Raoul Walsh ), and Casablanca ( Michael Curtiz ) ... Humphrey Bogart was eager to take the parts ! Good for Bogart, but for George Raft, it was the beginning OF the end !!!
It took me reading the book before I finally got the plot sorted out. (I saw it when I was about 10. Before that I was really just into monster movies and Nelson Eddy & Jeanette McDonald movies).
"You gettin' this alright son or am I going to fast for ya?"
An magnificent directorial debut for screenwriter John Houston and after 80 years still a joy to watch.
The Falcon statue itself was sold in recent years for a small fortune, this was also Sydney Greenstreet's film debut. Timeless.
A true classic. They really don't make them like this anymore.
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I've read Dashiell Hammett's original story twice. This movie makes his book seem like a screenplay that he wrote just for these actors.So the casting and direction was genius. Now I have to watch it again. Great stuff.
Notice that the movie's last line isn't "The stuff that dreams are made of"; it's "Huh?"
one of the greatest of all time...
What a masterpiece,,,
Spot on. The best of the film noir genre, without question. Lorre and Greenstreet are always fabulous, just as they were in Casablanca. Great plot, twists and turrns, and you have to pay attention. The great thing about old films is they require a bit of intellect to digest them. They rely on plot, substance, dialogue, and character development. About the only special effects are lighting and guns with blanks.
"You killed Miles, and you're going over for it."
When I first saw the movie and Spade, with the absolutely blood curding look in his eyes, uttered that line to Brigid O'Shaughnessy, my heart stopped and I was just frozen ... it was so chilling!!
Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon, both directorial debuts in 1941.
I can't add anything that others haven't already. Except that I can watch this movie over and over again.
One of my favorites. I've watched it about 10 times.
Here in Canada the CBC showed it a lot on the late show back in the '80s.
Mr George Raft - as John Huston used to call him - declined the role as Sam Spade... He also declined the main roles in High Sierra ( Raoul Walsh ), and Casablanca ( Michael Curtiz ) ... Humphrey Bogart was eager to take the parts ! Good for Bogart, but for George Raft, it was the beginning OF the end !!!
Good for us as The Maltese Falcon with a terrible actor like Raft is a much, much lesser film.
Possibly the best closing line in all American film (yes, I see you there Mr. Gable).
It took me reading the book before I finally got the plot sorted out. (I saw it when I was about 10. Before that I was really just into monster movies and Nelson Eddy & Jeanette McDonald movies).
AMAZON has this on DVD for about $8.00 used!
What impressed me is the way he turned her in because he stuck with the other p.i. even though he didn't like him
. . .and Spade stuck with the other P I while he was banging his wife!
"When a man's partner is murdered he's supposed to do something about it..."
The actor playing the DA was also Perry White on Superman.
You can download this movie by torrent, just google it and enjoy.
John Huston all the way!!!!!
Note to self: find more excuses to use "Lugubrious" in conversation.
A masterpiece of cinema from the 1940s
Great casting.
How good it is is reinforced by how bad the first two versions were. Huston understood Hammett.
Bogie had a great laugh.
Hammett novel Houston director Bogart in the lead. This is what quality looks like
This was such a fun little movie.
Captain Jacoby was Walter Huston, father of John Huston.
No, he was John!
dammit i want to watch this but dont know where to get it
I still have it on VHS
nyce overview
prop joe reminds me of casper
@jjoejeans google it. not too long ago youtube actually had the whole movie, and i'm sure if you look it's prolly still on here.
Reminds me of Chinatown.
Which, of course, featured as the villain the writer/director of this movie.
I miss when critics analyzed films instead of summarized them. People can just read a quick Wiki instead of watching this video...
I mean, it's not a review. It would be weird to analyse a movie they were trying expose new audiences to--even if it did come out in 1941.
Toxic masculinity.