Thursday, October 13, 2022
The Maltese Falcon - WB 20 Film Collection Thrillers
- Commentary: It is probably sacrilegious of me to admit this, but I shrugged this one off. Maybe, for me, it's too dated. I didn't find it exciting, or funny, or, frankly, much of anything, but I watched it all the way through because I felt obligated to the worship of it.
As well, this edition is the remake of the story. The first was released in 1931. So, you know, it isn't like the story, and the filming of it, wasn't popular. Roger Ebert christened it one of his Great Movies (see the link in the title, above). It just isn't my cup of tea, I guess.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Humphrey Bogart Sam Spade Mary Astor Ruth Wonderly/Brigid O'Shaughnessy Gladys George Iva Archer Peter Lorre Joel Cairo Barton MacLane Lt. Dundy Lee Patrick Effie Perine Sydney Greenstreet Kasper Gutman Ward Bond Det. Tom Polhaus Jerome Cowan Miles Archer Elisha Cook Jr. Wilmer Cook James Burke Luke John Hamilton D. A. Bryan
Originally published in this journal on 081416.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1941
Directed by John Huston.
Labels: film-noir1, melodramaA
