The Maltese Falcon
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Article in Adult Fiction, Big Read, Historical, and Mystery categories.
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About the Author
Dashiell Hammett based his "hard-boiled" detective fiction on personal experiences. Leaving home at 13 and working a variety of odd jobs, he was employed by the Pinkerton Agency from 1915 to 1922, except for a tour as an ambulance driver during the Great War. He quit detective work partly from disillusionment from the agency's participation in strike-breaking.
Sam Spade's office was modeled on Hammet's own apartment in San Francisco.
Other Works by Dashiell Hammett
- Bedside Tales: A Gay Collection includes "Two Knives" a short story funny enough for Peter Arno to choose it.
- The Continental Op, a selection of
short stories featuring the unnamed protagonist of Red Harvest and The Dain Curse.
- Nightmare Town selected stories.
Film Adaptations
A scene from the 1931 movie starring Ricardo Cortez and Bebe Daniels.
Warner Brothers released a lighter (and less sexually explicit) version in 1936 starring Bette Davis, entitled Satan Met A Lady
The trailer from John Huston's 1941 adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor.
Art Theft
The Los Angeles Police Department's Art Theft Detail hosts a site with news, summaries of real cases, and even puzzles allowing you to guess whether a work is real or fake.
