Maltese Falcon, The  /  DVD-Video
Standard 1.33:1 B&W  /  Production Year: 1941  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 2 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.38 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis A gallery of high-living lowflies will stop at nothing to get their sweaty hands on a jewel-encrusted falcon. Detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) wants to find out why - and who;ll take the fall. This third screen version of Dashiell Hammett's novel is a film of firsts: John Huston's directorial debut, rotund Sydney Greenstreet's screen debut, film history's first film noir and Bogart's break through role after years as a Warner contract player. An all-star cast (including Greenstreet, Mary Astor, Pete Lorre and Elisha Cook Jr.) join Bogart in this crisply written sizzler that placed in the top quarter of the American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Films list. Many say it's the best detective drama ever. Each time you see it, you'll find it hard to disagree. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Mary Astor  • Humphrey Bogart  • Peter Lorre  • Sydney Greenstreet  • Gladys George  • Barton MacLane  • Lee Patrick Writers:  • John Huston Directors:  • John Huston Product Information Features: Becoming attractions: The trailers of Humphrey Bogart, a documentary look at Bogart's Warner Bros. Career through trailers of his films, hosted by Turner Classic Movies on-air personality Robert Osborne. A history of mystery essay. Interactive Menus Scene Access 2 Theatrical Trailers Languages and Subtitles: English &Francais Video: Standard 1.33:1 B&W Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: English, French Studio: Warner Bros. Production Year: 1941 Release Date: 2/15/2000 Length: 100 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 28 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-DL Item Code: 65012 UPC Code: 012569501225 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: National Film Registry, AFI Top 100, Classics, Crime, Drama Studios: Warner Bros. Customers who bought this Title also bought Key Largo  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.38 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review one of the best in film noir - 3 out of 5  (10/23/2003) a classic Bogie. Plot twists and turns and who do you trust. The supporting cast is solid gold. The question is, is the bird gold or lead??   more >> Customer Review Great Film in Need of Restoration - 3.75 out of 5  (12/26/2002) I love this movie, which helped to launch and define the hard boiled film noir era. If you are looking at this review, you already know what the movie is about, so I will focus on the DVD. The quality of the picture ranges from quite good in spots to quite bad in others. It is, in other words, in need of the sort of restoration that Criterion does. In places, there is noticeable dirt, scratches, and distorted imaging. On the other hand, the sound is uniformly quite good for a film of it   more >>