Evan Jones

John Huston

Yabo Yablonsky

Djordje Milicevic

Jeff Maguire

Screenplay

Escape to Victory

The Maltese Falcon

Over thirty years of interviews with the American director of such classic films as The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The African Queen, and The Night of the Iguana

Interviews

This book captures the 1941 John Huston film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel in more than 1,400 still photos shown sequentially and coupled with every line of dialogue from the original screenplay, allowing frame-by-frame study of the film.

Dashiell Hammett

Humphrey Bogart stars as Sam Spade, the ultimate private eye. When his associate is killed, Spade investigates and runs up against some of the most eccentric and devious characters ever devised. They all want the same thing: to possess the Maltese Falcon, a priceless, bejeweled statue that brings death wherever it goes.

Continuity Script

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Few films have had the impact or retained the popularity of The Maltese Falcon. An unexpected hit upon its release in 1941, it helped establish the careers of John Huston and Humphrey Bogart while also helping both to transform the detective genre of movies and to create film noir. This volume includes an introduction by its editor and a shot-by-shot continuity of the film, as well as essays on its production, on literary and film traditions it drew upon, and on its reputation and influence over the last half century. Included are reviews from the time of the film's original release, the enthusiastic French response in 1946 that helped define film noir, and a close formal anaylsis of the film. In addition, the volume contains a comparison of this version to earlier film versions of the Dashiell Hammett novel, and helpful explorations of cultural, historical, and psychoanalytic issues. Like Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon has attained iconic status; this volume will contribute to the pleasure its many fans find in viewing the film again and again.William Luhr is a professor of English at St. Peter's College in New Jersey. He is the author of Raymond Chandler and Film and co-author of Blake Edwards and other books.

John Huston

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