{"product_id":"the-maltese-falcon-dvd-1941-region-2-new-sealed","title":"The Maltese Falcon [DVD] [1941] [Region 2] - New Sealed","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct Description\n\n\nJohn Huston made his directorial debut with this classic film noir adaptation of Dashiel Hammett's novel, starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor. Sam Spade (Bogart) is a cynical private eye caught up in the hunt for a jewel-encrusted falcon while searching for the murderer of his partner, Miles Archer (Jerome Cowan). His fellow treasure hunters include a sinister 'little and large' act (Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet), a psychotic tearaway (Elisha Cook Jr), and the duplicitous femme fatale, Brigid O'Shaughnessy (Astor).\n\n\nFrom Amazon.co.uk\n\n\nThe Maltese Falcon is still the tightest, sharpest, and most cynical of Hollywood's official deathless classics, bracingly tough even by post-Tarantino standards. Humphrey Bogart is Dashiell Hammett's definitive private eye, Sam Spade, struggling to keep his hard-boiled cool as the double-crosses pile up around his ankles. The plot, which dances all around the stolen Middle Eastern statuette of the title, is too baroque to try to follow, and it doesn't make a bit of difference. The dialogue, much of it lifted straight from Hammett, is delivered with whip-crack speed and sneering ferocity, as Bogie faces off against Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet, fends off the duplicitous advances of Mary Astor, and roughs up a cringing \"gunsel\" played by Elisha Cook Jr. It's an action movie of sorts, at least by implication: the characters always seem keyed up, right on the verge of erupting into violence. This is a turning-point picture in several respects: John Huston (\nThe African Queen) made his directorial debut here in 1941, and Bogart, who had mostly played bad guys, was a last-minute substitution for George Raft, who must have been kicking himself for years afterward. This is the role that made Bogart a star and established his trend-setting (and still influential) antihero persona. --\nDavid Chute END\n\n\nSynopsis\n\n\nSam Spade is caught in a frantic search for the jeweled falcon of Maltaand his partner's killer. His pursuit leads him to a group of desperateindividuals who also want the bird.\n\n\nFrom the Back Cover\n\n\nWho murdered Miles Archer? No one knows. But what Archer's partner, Private Eye Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart), does know is that Archer was killed while investigating the disappearance of a priceless statue...and now Spade has three mysterious clients who want him to find it - at any cost!\nA film noir masterpiece that marked John Sturges directorial debut and redefined Bogart's screen persona,\nThe Maltese Falcon is \"an outstanding four-star detective drama\" (Leonard Maltin). Co-starring Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, and nominated for three 1941 Academy Awards, this suspense-filled classic remains one of the most enthralling mystery-thrillers ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"replacement-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFEATURES\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"replacement-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eAnother high quality item sold by Attic Discovery Shop. All our items are listed with great care. We take pride in offering accurate listings, so that buyers receive what is expected and this is reflected in our reviews.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eAll new products are guaranteed to be factory sealed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003ePre-owned media is clearly listed as used, meticulously inspected, and refurbished when necessary using our state-of-the-art disc cleaning equipment, ensuring discs are in top condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Warner Home Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42777885409498,"sku":"S39819121","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0268\/7339\/7443\/products\/512Z9KQ9DNL._SL500.jpg?v=1653549969","url":"https:\/\/atticdiscoveryshop.co.uk\/products\/the-maltese-falcon-dvd-1941-region-2-new-sealed","provider":"Attic Discovery Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}